Women And Power

This is a look at the way men and women view and handle leadership, power, and authority, within an executive position in business, industry,and education, How, these role play out in a domestic and social setting. Undoubtedly, men are looked upon as leaders of industry and capitol, but more women are finding themselves in the executive role as leaders of major industry, Its within that command of power that men and women differ. Gender Power, How men see and use power, and how women differ in its usage and structure. Several prominent author have written about this subject, and we all have our own personal thoughts on men and women 's leadership styles, and their ability to command authority when needed. Generally men have …show more content…
Looking back 20 years ago a small percentage of the top 500 largest companies in the world , women held just 5 percent of the top management positions compared to today. While researching the subject of gender power, Author, Luba, Chiliwniak 's "Higher Education Leadership," Chiliwniak revealed a focus study about the differences between men and women having power and how that power is used. " Women tend to view power as a means to promote change, whereas men tend to view it as a means of having influence over others, "people to" verses "power over" (Kelly 1991). Most of the women subjects in the study equated power with giving and caring, and portrayed acts of nurturing as acts of strength, and in the male study power was seen as a zero-sum facet. Results like these, "No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unjust labor of women in business or at home"(Steinem 203)." Opinion seems to dictate that men and women are not on the same page, when it comes to power, earnings, and leadership within executive