...receptive to their advancement? Unfortunately, most women today will tell of hardships, barriers and stigmas that have tried to stop their advancements in the work place. The “Glass Ceiling” is a real thing for women, a simple barrier that is used to stop a woman’s advancement to a higher position in a company not based on the inability to do the job in question but just because she is in fact a “Woman”. Feminist came up with the term “glass ceiling” in reference to this barrier concerning the careers of women. In the Far East they have a similar term called the “Bamboo Ceiling”. Barriers against women are worldwide, it does not discriminate, and this reference is for all women and women alike. In...
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...to the masculine 'take charge' actions, pilot the way for men to secure higher-paying positions. They commandeer leadership roles such as CEOs, while women typically work under them as personal assistants. However, if a lady is the CEO, she might not get the same respect as a guy would get. Women leaders remain misjudged regarding their talent because others believe they do not have the proper qualities to run a business. People see them as less assertive, weak and more emotional than men. This stereotype in society is one of the reasons why women do not make as much money or tend to fill the role of a leader as men would. Also, consider the leadership roles in politics. There has never been a president that was a woman because women are considered to not be able to run any type of business. An opportunity to change stereotypes is for everyone to break the mold of gender roles in society. The fact is that everyone is distinct in the way they act and communicate; people are supposed to be different from others. In order for communication to flow naturally, everyone has to stop making assumptions about how others need to act. If they refuse to follow stereotypes, or care what others think of them, then everyone could be who they want to be. A man can participate more fully in caretaker roles without being seen as unmanly and a woman can demonstrate her leadership skills without being labeled...
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...men handle their duties as a manager. Does it make a difference in the gender of the person? This is a case that is discussed and studied from a psychological stand point. In the case they looked at different aspects of the way either gender may handle certain thing the same or different. Some of the points that were looked at were: • Organizing • Leadership • Communication • Opportunity • Power • Numbers Organizing |Women |Men | |A type of manager that wants to be included in a project when she|The type of manager that wants to be in command and makes the | |is putting together a team. Not trying to come off as the one in |rules. He gives the orders and they are followed out by the | |charge, but a team player. Involved in all aspects of the |employees to complete assignments. May tell employees what is | |assignments. |needed, but not participating. | Leadership |Women |Men | |The type of manager that doesn’t offer an incentive, but offer |The type of manager that would off some type of incentive in | |encouragement to want to get the job done and to love more of |order to make the employee...
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...This paper examines leadership practice in Nigeria from a feminist perspective. The paper briefly x-rayed Nigeria’s problems from a feminist perspective and come to the conclusion that, majority of these problems are caused by the default androcentric social practices allowed by patriarchy and masculinism, it is important to proffer solution to these problems using the same feminist theoretical frame-work. Hence, this paper attempts long lasting solution to the problem of leadership as it confronts Nigeria. FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE ON SOME NIGERIA NATIONAL ISSUES This section looks at some of the issues that concern Nigeria leadership and development problems and try to look at them from a feminist perspective in order to chart a new paradigm at...
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...Her strong family bonds makes her challenge Pa’s leadership, even though Pa believes “his wife should obey him anyway, she is not supposed to decide alone what is good or not either for herself or for her family.” (Fonseca 2). Pa’s traditional values in women is strongly shown through this quote, and is much like how people thought in the 1930s. Surprisingly, Ma defies these gender roles that are placed on her, not accepting defeat. Ma knows she has the capability to become a leader which pushes her to win this argument. This event is what made Ma, the new leader of the...
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...background oriental cultures to it. In the Early Middle Ages, the Byzantine Empire flourished under the leadership of the Emperor Justin (527-565), and his co-ruler, his wife the Empress Theodora. Justinian began his political leadership under his uncle and that is when he met Theodora. Before meeting Justinian, Theodora was full of low class undertakings. Her father worked in the circus, and sometimes Theodora would perform as well and be an off stage prostitute. She was extremely smart but her background set her back. She moved to Egypt and that is where she became a Christian. Later she returned to Constantinople, met Justinian and they both fell in love with each other. Marriage was not possible for them because they were not of the same social status. Roman law did not allow a patrician to marry someone below him. Somehow Justinian convinced his uncle to get a law passed in the senate and they were happily married. Women in the Byzantine Empire did not have much of a say or position. Being a woman was hard because of all the struggles they had to deal with just because they were a female. Women could barely get any jobs and because of that a lot of women chose the wrong paths for their life just like Theodora did in the very beginning. Women spent most of their lives at home. “Keep your daughters as prisoners, confined and inconspicuous”. (Kekavmenos) In every occasion a woman was accompanied when she left her house. Whether it was to go to church, attend a festivity, call...
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...and globally. Thus, a woman is an effective element in pursuit towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. However, every day woman facing in various parts of the world, continuing structural barriers prevent the full enjoyment of their human rights, and undermine their efforts to improve their lives and the lives of those around them. There are some elements leads to those situations for example education, economics, religion, culture and tradition. To begin with, The debate surrounding the impact of different facets of Africa’s triple heritage and as a result of traditional African religion, Christianity and Islam, a woman has been re-surged on the status of African. The role and place of Man in every religion is very well predetermined in the main religious of the world mostly Christianity and Islam however this role and place of woman leaves a lot to be desired. In most areas, low representation of women in politics and decision-making circles progress has been made in the field of political representation For women since 1995, and included Africa and large parts of Asia, where the cases appeared with a clear increase in the presence of women in parliaments. Rwanda has achieved, surprisingly, significant gains in this area, where women now represent 56% of the parliament, compared to 17% in 1995. 28 As at the global level, there is still a gap in women's access to power, and integrated into the decision-making circles and leadership at all levels, including...
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...The Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher, nicknamed the Iron Lady, was Britain’s first female Prime Minister. Mrs. Thatcher challenged the image of females everywhere, while breaking the “glass ceiling” as the leader of the Conservative Party. This incredible Prime Minister managed to prove that a woman was capable of running an entire country during such a critical time in history. Margaret successfully remained in power for eleven years, from1979 to 1990. Even before serving as the first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher faced various challenges. While working as the Education Secretary, Thatcher was forced to make budget cuts, deeming herself one of the most hated politicians in Great Britain. Margaret’s political position left her feeling...
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...our nation’s prominent females who have overcome the obstacles of discrimination. On average, females tend to get paid lower wages and struggle to get and keep leadership positions. Women have always received relatively lower salaries than men. It has been said that for every dollar a man makes a woman only makes seventy-nine cents. According to Marianne Calnan’s general marketeer’s survey, there is a 21% pay gap between males and females. Colnan’s...
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...EITHER challenge or reinforce conventional ideas about the following discourses? a. Gender b. Power (& Leadership) c. Identity d. Nature e. Culture The societies encountered by the Theban woman Antigone is Sophocles' Antigone, and the 19th century Englishwoman Jane Eyre in Jane Eyre, can be seen as highly unfavourable and disdainful of women. Both Antigone and Jane Eyre struggle and resist against a society which places men above them, and which sees expressions of female autonomy and liberty as unfavourable trends. Antigone and Jane Eyre both live in societies where a patriarchal culture dictates how these women should act within society, and what type of behaviour is acceptable, and which isn't. The control and subjugation of women – and the way they express themselves – can be seen as a consequence of discursive formations which aim to define the intrinsic qualities of men and women. It is in this context that the stories of Antigone and Jane Eyre can be seen as challenging conventional notions of gender and gender stereotypes, a highly pervasive discourse which affects a cluster of other ideas. This essay will argue that the characters Antigone in Sophocles' Antigone and Jane Eyre in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre are characters who challenge gender discourses which were very prominent during their time, and subsequently, the ideational influences which structured leadership, the creation of identities, opinions regarding natural attributes, and cultural . While Antigone lives...
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...have an Early Modern Europe. Thus, to conclude whether women did experience an Early Modern Europe, women’s role on the movements that characterized the Early Modern Europe would have to be assessed. The period of the Renaissance was characterized by the emergence of a cultural movement, ‘humanism’, and classical art and architecture that are naturalistic, realistic, and humanistic. During this period, classical ideas were reintroduced in the increasing works of humanists and artists. Such include Petrarch’s ‘Rules for the Successful Ruler’, Machiavelli’s ‘From the Discourses on Livy’, Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Vitruvian Man’, and Dürer’s ‘Adam and Eve’. These primary sources are all the works of male humanists and artists, none belonging to a woman. The absence of a female work indicates that women, whether in terms of capability or liberation, were not able to produce any piece. This signifies that women did not have the opportunity and experience that the men had. In addition, on Francesco Barbaro’s ‘Advice to Lorenzo de Medici ‘On Wifely Duties’, his expected behaviors of women seems to worsen women’s...
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...LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BOOK CRITIQUE: TWO VIEWS ON WOMEN IN MINISTRY A Paper Submitted to Liberty Theological Seminary Dr. Garry Graves In partial fulfillment of the requirements For completion of the course Systematic Theology II THEO 530 By Vernon L Langley July 26, 2012 Beck, James R. Two Views on Women in Ministry: Revised ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005. ISBN: 978-0-310-25437-9. Thesis Statement: in view of the fact that my own outlook on women’s responsibility in ministry is in between social equality and Complementarian; however I will attempt to show that women have a part in ministry, through the assessment of these two differing points of views as offered in the principal book Two Views on Women In Ministry and as contrasted with other academic books. Introduction: Dr. James R. Beck has assembled four academic assessments which present the egalitarian and complementarianism / hierarchical analysis regarding women in ministry with unprejudiced supplementary counterpoints to completely enlighten the one who reads. The arrangement of analysis appear to evaluate and distinguish in a reasonable, impartial way that supply the one who reads with a good insight of the dispute, with opposing opinions offered at the conclusion of every article. However, the reasonable approach to the arrangement of both components regarding women in ministry do not completely disclose...
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...Problems in developing small scale enterprises in Bangladesh There are a huge number of problems in the question of developing small scale enterprises in Bangladesh, which are discussed below: Individuality: Maximum small scale enterprises are owned by the individuals and an individual has obviously some limitation. Lower Per Capita Income: Per capita income of our people is low and for this reason our people are not being able to generate adequate capital to run the business efficiently. Unskilled Human Resources: Human resources of our country are not skilled this is a problem with developing small scale enterprises in Bangladesh. The economic environment of our country is not hundred percent suitable for operating the business another cause of the restrictions. Excessive import of foreign product: Excessive import of foreign product in our country is another reason cause when the people of the country will be mainly dependent on the imported product then the entrepreneurs will loose their interest to develop small scale enterprises. Political instability: Political instability of our country is another reason for developing the small scale enterprises rate slow. Political environment of our country is not suitable enough to run the efficient business in our society. Deterioration of Morality: Public moral is getting down means most of our people are loosing their moral and for this reason developing small scale enterprises in Bangladesh is not so easy like the other...
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...FAST SCHOOL OF BUSINESS BBA 09 (N) Assignment # 1 MARY K ASH TRAITS Personality traits | Business traits | * Never quit attitude | * Creative and innovative- introduced innovative sales techniques | * Dedicated towards her work | * Dynamic sales ability | * Leadership | * A good motivator for her employees | * Intelligent and passionate | * Role model for many women in US | * Confident and full of enthusiasm | * Visionary entrepreneur | | * Good speaker | ANALYSIS Mary K Ash was a smart and excellent sales woman. She was a woman who worked hard in a male-dominated society of US. If we compare this trait of women in US and women of Pakistan, there exists a difference; people in our society would not like women to go around the houses to do sales because there’s a risk involved in this case, especially when it comes to women in our society. Women like Mary K Ash was indeed a strong woman who dedicated her life for the betterment of women in US society, she was a source of inspiration and motivator for her employees. However, the trend in our society is changing; many woman entrepreneurs are emerging from Pakistan, one example is Benazir Bhutto who stepped out in a man’s world and created a new path for women. Although she is not with us anymore but she still remains a source of inspiration and serves as a role model for many people. Coming back to Mary K Ash, she possessed magnificent qualities; people related...
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...that enhances their work environment and opened the door for a progressive movement across the globe. The measures that were taken by the company to ensure that opportunity was available to females employees initiates a much larger scale reform. Opportunity was measured along with advancement, education, communication, and leadership roles. The article, Deloitte & Touche (B): Changing the Workplace explains, “Deloitte was the first major accounting and consulting firm to focus on this issue, admitting it had a problem, addressing it openly, and pledging to share the results” [ (ROSABETH MOSS KANTER, 2003) ]. The company created a task force to improve these task. The task force faced several issues that they were not aware until the dialogue and the process began. The language that was used within the company is one of these aspects. The article states, “In year-end evaluation sessions, for example, people began to be aware of the different language that was used for women and men, a difference that had long gone unchallenged” [ (ROSABETH MOSS KANTER, 2003) ]. The task force continued to make changes and improved the workforce for woman over the years. These changes advanced the company and for many years allowed it to be recognized as the leading company for gender equality. The article explained “In March 1995, Deloitte won the Catalyst award as one of the best organizations in the country in the area of gender equality in the workplace” [ (ROSABETH MOSS...
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