What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know by Rachel Dempsey & Joan C. Williams (2014) shows how gender polarization effects the treatment of women in the workplace. It highlights the problematic situation women often stumble upon of being too feminine or too masculine and thus being perceived as not being professional. For example, one existing event correlated with this ideology was during the 2008 presidential election. In this election, Hillary Clinton was running for president as a democratic politician, and republican Sarah Palin ran with John McCain as vice president. Each woman received a lot of criticism for their appearances at events. Most people perceived Sarah Palin as trying to be sexy and attractive,
