Goldberg stated, “When you look at senior management, you tend to see men disproportionately represented. So while there may be less than 5% of all nurses who are male, you see a much larger percentage than 5% in senior-level positions like hospital administrators,” (Goudreau). In order for the glass escalator to be eliminated our evolving society cannot only look at men dominating careers; the bigger picture is the social constraints put on both men and women at home, in public, and in the work force. The million-dollar question is, what are women to do about men riding the glass escalator in female-dominate professions? The most obvious answer is women need to stand their ground, fight for equality, and celebrate any destruction of social constraint in the work place. The less obvious answer is women need pause and realize men coming into female roles are not all bad. The male verse female employment shift in female-dominate professions are pulling men out of male dominate professions, brings a higher average income, and adapts to larger expectations/benefits often found in more desirable
Goldberg stated, “When you look at senior management, you tend to see men disproportionately represented. So while there may be less than 5% of all nurses who are male, you see a much larger percentage than 5% in senior-level positions like hospital administrators,” (Goudreau). In order for the glass escalator to be eliminated our evolving society cannot only look at men dominating careers; the bigger picture is the social constraints put on both men and women at home, in public, and in the work force. The million-dollar question is, what are women to do about men riding the glass escalator in female-dominate professions? The most obvious answer is women need to stand their ground, fight for equality, and celebrate any destruction of social constraint in the work place. The less obvious answer is women need pause and realize men coming into female roles are not all bad. The male verse female employment shift in female-dominate professions are pulling men out of male dominate professions, brings a higher average income, and adapts to larger expectations/benefits often found in more desirable