Women In The Workplace

Ever since the beginning of time, men have always been perceived as superior to men and society nowadays continues to treat women as such even in the workplace. Women nowadays are affording more opportunities than in the past and the role of women in the workplace and society have changed over time but a glass ceiling is still imposed on women in the workplace resulting in women being clustered in the same levels in their organization charts or same types of jobs as certain positions or types of jobs are reserved mainly for their male counterparts (together), Woman who have graduated with bachelor degrees have less chance than men with the same degrees of getting certain jobs, especially in male dominated industries due to their gender. The

In a world where we have come so far with our achievements, why is there still a glass ceiling barring women from achieving their goals? Historically any of jobs or positions in the workplace especially positions of higher authority have always been reserved for men. Perhaps normally from the cultures or social norms most of us have grown up with where men are seen as ancestors even in the household and perform the more sophisticated, since we born and the socialise automatically assigned the roles to identify us in society as culture context expects. Man suppose to do harder jobs while women do the less heavy and easier housework, roles have always been assigned based on gender. Culture is usually used as an excuse to avoid the gender inequalities and against being “Culture appropriate” because culture appropriate is what to be an acceptable as a certain cultures and it will be the Cultural sensitive. “culturally appropriates confused with not intervening in personal and intra-household relationships marred by harmful gender-based practices.”(Betron, 2015). It will be Cultural sensitive is how much we aware of difference between cultures or their norms is the things that are appropriate or acceptable in that

They now have the necessary qualifications and skills to lead countries and fortune five hundred companies. Despite the opportunities being there and affirmative action efforts women still seem to find it harder than their male counterparts to beyond to the executive positions in the workplace. It seem like there is a glass ceiling, where women basically see the top, the opportunities are there and as mentioned before there are policies in place but women cannot break through this glass ceiling. Men are often at times promoted or given higher positions than female employees based on their gender, even though these women are better qualified or experienced than their male counterparts and Any of jobs or positions in the workplace especially positions of higher authority have always been reserved for men. Men are given preference over more than women when it comes to promotions as women are seen as inferior, subjective, less capacity and weaker than their male counterparts, especially in certain in certain industries such as the engineering and construction industries which are male dominated and are seen as no place for a women. ”But i have to be fair here. As dissatisfied as i was, and as restless, I remember so well this feeling we had at the