Analysis Of Lydia Dishman's Article 'Gender Leadership Gap'

In Lydia Dishman 's article she shows the obstacles that women encounter in this modern world when trying to obtain lead roles. In her article "Gender Leadership Gap" she depicts that women today are still held back from obtaining positions associated with being in charge. In this article, Dishman addresses that this gap between men and women is one of the largest gaps in the business industry. She further supports this by stating that women only make 4% of the total chief executive officers. In other words, only a few women obtain the high-ranking positions. In addition, she announces a report from the Rockefeller Foundation which shows 83% of women receive a lack of support when trying to obtain high positions and were also given less personal …show more content…
In this short story, Wharton illustrates a woman in the afterlife reminiscing about the incomplete life she had with her husband. To be more precise, Wharton writes about a woman in the afterlife conversing with a spirit called The Spirit of Life. This spirit asks her if she obtained the fullness of life while she was alive. Subsequently the unnamed woman says no and states that a woman 's nature is filled with many rooms and in these rooms represents a portion of a woman 's personality. Furthermore she reveals that the deepest room lies a lonely woman. Afterwards, the woman tells the spirit that her husband never went beyond the family sitting-room and that "that he was quite content to remain there. He thought it perfectly beautiful, and sometimes, when he was admiring its commonplace furniture, insignificant as the chairs and tables of a hotel parlor, I felt like crying out to him: 'Fool, will you never guess that close at hand are rooms full of treasures and wonders, such as the eye of man hath not seen, rooms that no step has crossed, but that might be yours to live in, could you but find the handle of the door?" (Wharton 14-15). In this excerpt, Wharton portrays a woman yearning to be understood by her husband. This is shown as the woman "felt like crying out" to her husband to inform him that they are many more rooms "close at hand". Furthermore, she shows that …show more content…
Warren clarifies the various things that wife 's want from their husband 's. For instance, in her article, "Things that Husband Should Know", she states that men should schedule a time where both spouses can have a heartfelt conversation. In other words, Warren wrote this article to expresses the many things that she presumes husbands do not know about their wives. For example, she specifies that husbands should remain healthy or simply not to let themselves go just because that they do not feel obligated to. In addition, she conveys that men should make their wife 's feel remembered throughout the day by sending them gifts or a message of affection. Moreover, she affirms that men should show more affection by means other than physical contact. Lastly, she declares that women feel their voice is not being heard and that "Turning down the remote but still watching the screen. Pausing for 10 seconds while you’re cutting the grass. Saying 'Mmm-hmm ' while your eyes are closed in bed. None of these things really make a woman feel heard" (Warren 8). This quotation shows that women today want to feel heard, similar to Wharton 's text The Fullness of Life. In both of these texts, it displays that women of both generations still struggle to be fully understood. For example, Warren depicts that men are not giving their woman the attention that they want and merely "pausing for 10 seconds" is not making her feel any