The U.S Department of Labor has reported that women make up about 47% of the workforce. However, there are much fewer women holding top positions than men in the following arenas: corporations, politics, military, and education. According to Center for American Women and Politics, women hold 19.6 % of seats on the U.S Congress (105 seats of 535), 24.4 % of state legislatures (1,805 seats of 7383), and 18.8% of Mayor positions (1391 seats of 30,000+). According to Catalyst.com in S&P 500 companies, women hold 4.6% of the CEO positions, 19.9% of the board seats, and 25.1% of executive/senior-level officials; women made 44.3 % of total employees. According to CNN.com, women hold 7.1 % (69 positions of 976) of general and admiral positions in
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For example, a study was conducted a to see how a stereotype impacted a girls’ math performance, the experimenters were able to confirm that the stereotype that “math is male” being enforced by parents implicitly and explicitly impaired girls’ performance on math tasks (Tomasetto et al, 2011). In addition to that, in Linda Babcock’s book “Women Don’t Ask” she discusses who gender socialization causes women to miss off on the opportunity to progress because traditional norms have taught females that its inappropriate for them to be aggressive. However, social norms promote man to develop hyper-masculinity,”calloused attitudes toward women and the view that aggression is manly”, which could lead to aggression towards women (Stander and Thomsen, 2016). Consequently, men are motivated to stereotype women if they stand to benefit (Sinclair & Kunda, 2000), which often makes the work environment hostile towards women; women may become exposed to insecurity and harassment, because of their female (Maktoobian and Khorasgani, 2014). For instance, many women experience, sometimes daily, with people tell inappropriate jokes, and made sexually oriented remarks to
For example, a study was conducted a to see how a stereotype impacted a girls’ math performance, the experimenters were able to confirm that the stereotype that “math is male” being enforced by parents implicitly and explicitly impaired girls’ performance on math tasks (Tomasetto et al, 2011). In addition to that, in Linda Babcock’s book “Women Don’t Ask” she discusses who gender socialization causes women to miss off on the opportunity to progress because traditional norms have taught females that its inappropriate for them to be aggressive. However, social norms promote man to develop hyper-masculinity,”calloused attitudes toward women and the view that aggression is manly”, which could lead to aggression towards women (Stander and Thomsen, 2016). Consequently, men are motivated to stereotype women if they stand to benefit (Sinclair & Kunda, 2000), which often makes the work environment hostile towards women; women may become exposed to insecurity and harassment, because of their female (Maktoobian and Khorasgani, 2014). For instance, many women experience, sometimes daily, with people tell inappropriate jokes, and made sexually oriented remarks to