Wednesday, October 10, 2007

I enjoyed reading the articles as well and I thought it was very true the things they stated. Again, reading the statistics on how many women hold key positions in the workforce is sad because it’s a low percentage. The article mentions how women disappear while working within these companies. It talks about marriage and parenthood. Despite the statistics that women are taking on more responsibility then in past history and men are increasing their household involvement, women still dominate and the primarily more involved with housework and raising children. The fact that promotions are given to men and less to women, women’s idea is overlooked, but if a man presents the same idea it is taken in consideration, the fact that men can reach administrative positions within feminine settings is very sad and it makes me mad. I don’t understand the reason as to why men would get such status, perhaps because they are seen as a minority within a nursing, teaching, or social work position and people feel that promoting them will keep them in the feminine settings. The reasons aren’t clear, but bias about women exists all over and I feel that it should be changed. Just like Sarah quoted Stanford law professor Deborah Rhode’s quote "If every ones believes that women have the power equal to men, no one will try to change the fact that they don't." I think that is true, but it is hard to change people’s mentalities, but it can be done if women stood up. In addition, if interventions came into play within the workforce such as implementing antidiscrimination legislation, increasing people’s awareness of the prejudice toward women, encouraging male participation family benefits, having alumni programs so that women can come back to work after their leave of absence would help women achieve greater roles and titles.

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