Intoday’sworld,peopleseegenderequalityasoneofthemostimportantfactorsthatthepolicyandrulespeoplemakeisreasonableornot,andsometimesthiswayofthinkingdrivespeopletoamisunderstandingarea。Glassceilingisoneofit。Youcanseethishottopicinnewspaper,magazines,essays,butdoestheglassceilinggenderequalityintheworkplacereallyexist? AbookcalledASOLIDINVESTMENT:MAKINGFULLUSEOFTHEASOLIDINVESTMENT:NATION’SHUMANCAPITALwrittenbyFederalGlassCeilingCommissiondefinedthatAglassceilingisapoliticaltermusedtodescribetheunseen,yetunbreachablebarrierthatkeepsminoritiesandwomenfromrisingtotheupperrungsofthecorporateladder,regardlessoftheirqualificationsorachievements。《FederalGlassCeilingCommissionP。4。》Docompaniesreallykeepwomenfromrisingtotheupperrungsofthecorporateladderandregardlessoftheirqualificationsandachievements?Lotsofpeoplethinkthatwenottrueincludingme。Nowadayswomendidn’tprioritizetotheirjoblikemendid,especiallyintoppositionsofthecompany,becausethesejobsarerequiredthousandsoftimeandhardwork,butwomenprioritizeintofamilyandfriendsthanjobandtheycan’tdoinbothways。TheprofessionalcareercoachMartyNemko’sEssayTherealreasonsofewwomenareintheboardroomstatesthatHavingbeencareercoachto2000professionalclients,23female,Iknowthatmorewomenthanmenprioritizeworklifebalance,wantingmoretimeforfamily,home,friends,andrecreation。《Nemko731》Howcanwomenpayalltheattentioninjobswhenmostofthemhavetotakingcareoftheirfamilyandchildren?Itisarguedbyfeministactiviststhatthesocialconditioningbythemalehegemonyfocuswomentotakingcareoffamilyandchildren。Butliterallythatsnottrue,NemkoquotesStevenRhoades’sbookTakingsexdifferencesseriouslyinhisessaythatafterstudyandstudyindicatingthatthemainreasonmostwomenwantamplefamilytimeistheirbiologicaldrivetohavechildrenandbetheprimaryfamilycaregiver。《Nemko731》Fromancienttimetotoday,nomatterwhatnations,mostofthewomenaretakingcareoftheirfamilyalsosupportthisstudyresult。Thus,oneofthemostimportantfactorsthatwomendonthavehighhirerateinthetoppositionisbecausefemalebiologicallydesiretoprioritizeontheirfamilyandlifebalance,insteadoftheirjob。 FromNemko’spersonalexperiencewecaninferthatwomendesiretospendmoretimeonfamilyandchildren,butcomparetowomen,mencanworklongerandevenharderthanwomen。DanielWesley,awriterfromVisualEconomics,showastudyonhisblogabouttheworkingweekaroundglobalthat:IntheU。S。,85。8percentofmalesand66。5percentoffemalesworkmorethan40hoursperweek。《Wesley,TheStateofthe40HourWorkweek》itindicatesthatwomendidntworkasmuchasmendid。Meanwhile,NemkoagreewiththispointofviewinhisessaythatAkeyreasonmenearnmorethanwomenisnumberofhoursworked。《Nemko730》Thisisanotherexplanationthatglassceilingdontreallyexist。Althoughworklongerdoesntmeanbetter,butiftwoemployeeshavethesamequalityoffinishingjobs,theemployerwillhiretheonewhowillworklongeranddevotehimselforherselfinthepositionwithouthesitation。That’swhymengetadvantagesintheirjobpromotionoremployment,butnotbecausewomenarestrugglinginglassceiling。 Forthesedays,theemploymentofmenandwomenisoutofbalancebecauseofglassceiling。Womenseemlikestrugglingingettingjobsbecauseofglassceiling。Somepoliticiansandsociologistssuggestthatimprovetherateofwomenemploymentwhichwillpromotegenderequality。LisaQuast,afounderandCEOofCareerWoman,quotesDr。Hakim’sthoughtinheressayDebunkingmythsofgenderequalityshestatesthatDr。HakimusesastudybytheInternationalLabourOffice《ILO》andseveralotheracademicstudiesthatshowraisingfemaleemploymenthasactuallyledtoareductioningenderquality。Becausehigherlevelsoffemaleemploymentareassociatedwithfemaledominatedservicetypeoccupations。《Quast735》Inthisstudy,wefoundoutthatimprovewomen’shirerate,canonlyhelpwomentogetintothejobthattheygoodatlikeservicetypeoccupations。However,itdidntimprovethewaythattheywant,andalsodoharmtothejobbalance,theeconomymarketandtheworkplace。Sonomatterhowmanywomenhasbeenhired,therearestillalargenumberofpeoplecan’tsatisfied。Thisisnotaboutglassceiling,itisaboutpeopledowhattheyadept。 Peoplealwaysuseglassceilingasareasontoexplainthatwomenhasalowerhirerateonthetopexecutivepositionincompanies。Itseemslikethetruth,becauseonly11ofFortune500seniorexecutivesarewomen。However,ifyoulookingforajob,whydoyouthinktheemployershouldhireyou。Thestandardanswerisyouaresuitableforthisjob。Soitisaboutsuitableornot,andnotaboutgenderequality。That’sanexamplethatgenderequalitygivesussomemisunderstanding。Becausenotallthethinghastobeequal,everyoneisdifferent,everyonehastheirowncharacteristics,andeveryonegoodatdifferentkindofthings。Ifyousaytheyarefewwomenworkinthetoppositionofcompaniesarenotequal,butwhysomanywomenworkinhospitalasanursebutnotman,isthatequal?Yes,becausemostofthewomenaregoodatnursing。Therefore,peopleshoulddothingsthattheyaregoodat,butdontjudgethegender。Becausepeopledodifferentthingsintheworldthatmakeitruninabetterwayandmakeitabetterplace。 Equalityisveryimportant,butnoteverythinghasitsownequality。Thejobemploymentsdonthaveitsequalityaswell,becauseitisfullofcompetition,andGlassCeilingisoneofthethoughtsthatpeopletrytousegenderequalitytojusticethingsinawrongway。Therefore,glassceilingdoesntexist,itispeople’smisunderstanding。 WorkCitedPage: SolidInvestments:MakingFullUseoftheNationsHumanCapitalFederalGlassCeilingCommission,Page4 TherealreasonsofewwomenareintheboardroomMartyNemko,Page730,731 DebunkingmythsofgenderequalityLisaQuast,Page735 TheStateofthe40HourWorkweekDanielWesleyhttp:visualeconomics。creditloan。comthestateofthe40hourworkweekixzz33c26Bwlt