The current status of women in the workplace is unacceptable. As stated in Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, “only 5% of the S&P 500 CEO’s are women. In the United States, women hold 25 percent of senior executive positions and 19 percent of board seats.” Although these numbers are much higher than they were decades ago, they are still nowhere near equality between the sexes. This makes it clear that women are not fairly represented in the business world. The topic of gender equality is a heavily debated one, and from these statistics, although there has been improvement, it is clear that the is nothing equal about men and women in the work force. One of the major problems that women face is the stereotypes about working women with families. One …show more content…
Society needs to change their expectations of how women should act. Sheryl Sandberg states, “Men are allowed to be focused on their own achievements, while loyalty is expected from women.” She recommends that women combine niceness with insistence. On this point, I disagree with Sandberg. Although it is realistic to think that women must approach things in different ways than men, I don’t believe that's how it should be. If women must incorporate niceness in their personalities, then so should men. If an ambitious woman is acting the same way as a man, she shouldn’t be scrutinized for it. Doing things differently is not …show more content…
To solve the problems that women face, we need more role models of powerful women. Although there are many powerful women in our world, it is our job to follow in their footsteps and become powerful women ourselves. I’m not saying that to be a powerful woman, you need to be a CEO of a company. You can be a powerful woman and be a stay-at-home mom, as long as that is what you want to do. I have so much respect for stay-at-home mothers, and if that is what they want to do with their lives, more power to them. Women need to empower other women, not tear them down when jealousy hits. Not only women, but men too have a personal responsibility to help improve women’s place in the workforce. Men need to treat others like equals, not differently as men or women. Men also need to encourage women to reach for higher positions and to continue working after they start families. Men need to realize that many women are equally capable of doing their jobs and bringing something new to the