As a woman do you
feel you have a major place in society? Do you feel you are valued as much as
men? In school do feel you feel you cannot relate to of your professors because
they are all men? In the work force do you feel you are allotted the same
opportunities as men? On the home front do you feel it is your duty to do
everything from being a working woman to being a wife to being a mother? The
articles on BusinessWeek helped shine the light on these particular issues.
This week in BusinessWeek, women were the subject as to why women are not as prevalent in business and what keeps women astray. Majority of the school, at least the top business schools, are dominated by men. The percentages of female professors at these universities are no more than thirty percent. When you think of all the educated women in the world how could this be? Another major factor is motherhood. Some women still feel they cannot do what their husbands or male counterparts can because they have too many other duties and this is far from true.
Both articles I read show women are capable of doing more than they think it's all in how you handle it. Some women feel business schools and jobs are too male dominated and they would not be treated fairly or respected. Just because these schools are male dominated does not mean you do not have a place. If anything you should go into those schools with your head held high and make it known what you are there for. Like managers of a company you have to make them respect you. Make them know just because you are a woman does not mean you cannot go and further and better yourself. You want to make a living for your family too. Some women do not go to school because they have a child but because you have child does not mean you are incapable. The young woman in the article went to school while she was pregnant and while taking care of a husband and a four month she still managed to get her degree. It is not impossible ladies. She even mapped out suggestions to those that are in this situation or are thinking about having a baby while in school. As women we cannot be held down by our circumstances.
It is time for us to stand up and do what it is we want to do and not dictated to do. If we want to be CEO of a Fortune 500 company who says that we cannot? There is no rule that states that. If anything we would make better managers because we are more understanding than men. Speaking from experience I was one of the best and not to mention the youngest at the age of twenty. Now I have that experience to put on my resume because I would let no one tell me I could not do something. I worked my tail off to get that position and I deserved it. Ladies we can do this we have to get together encourage one another and do it.
This week in BusinessWeek, women were the subject as to why women are not as prevalent in business and what keeps women astray. Majority of the school, at least the top business schools, are dominated by men. The percentages of female professors at these universities are no more than thirty percent. When you think of all the educated women in the world how could this be? Another major factor is motherhood. Some women still feel they cannot do what their husbands or male counterparts can because they have too many other duties and this is far from true.
Both articles I read show women are capable of doing more than they think it's all in how you handle it. Some women feel business schools and jobs are too male dominated and they would not be treated fairly or respected. Just because these schools are male dominated does not mean you do not have a place. If anything you should go into those schools with your head held high and make it known what you are there for. Like managers of a company you have to make them respect you. Make them know just because you are a woman does not mean you cannot go and further and better yourself. You want to make a living for your family too. Some women do not go to school because they have a child but because you have child does not mean you are incapable. The young woman in the article went to school while she was pregnant and while taking care of a husband and a four month she still managed to get her degree. It is not impossible ladies. She even mapped out suggestions to those that are in this situation or are thinking about having a baby while in school. As women we cannot be held down by our circumstances.
It is time for us to stand up and do what it is we want to do and not dictated to do. If we want to be CEO of a Fortune 500 company who says that we cannot? There is no rule that states that. If anything we would make better managers because we are more understanding than men. Speaking from experience I was one of the best and not to mention the youngest at the age of twenty. Now I have that experience to put on my resume because I would let no one tell me I could not do something. I worked my tail off to get that position and I deserved it. Ladies we can do this we have to get together encourage one another and do it.
