Although it has not been easy, women have made progress in reaching the top positions in academia, business, and organizations. However, this progression has not been transparent across races, cultures or nations. In our system, everything is political and, gender is no exemption. However, gender, in addition to race, is our primary method of political propaganda. Political propaganda has impacted, and will continuously influence how men and women relate to each other in monogamous and polygamous marriages, race rivalries, slavery, miscegenation, cultures of procreation, family planning, and the Islamic view of women’s dignity vis-à-vis the Western view of women’s liberty. Therefore, I constantly advise that the discussions and discourses of
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The stagnation of women’s progression is not an isolated issue and our policies that can promote growth or deliberate this progression is interrelated to global perspectives, traditionalism, and policies. Also, I agree with Eagly and Carli’s perspective of the metaphor labyrinth. The glass ceiling term focuses on those near the top of their career positions. However, social research has concluded that very few women reach that threshold. Nevertheless, covert and overt sexism persists at top level positions. Thus, we must remain mindful of continuous sexism and misogyny at entry level and post-retirement-part-time employments. However, the labyrinth metaphor of women’s career captures obstacles put in women's paths at entry levels and throughout their career. It suggests that there is a solution to this overwhelming and complex gender gap and disparities. Our discussions and assumptions of gender equality must go beyond the question of whether women’s descriptive representation in politics leads to substantive forms of representation. There is an awful lot of work we have to do, to together, to encourage gender equality and the inclusion of men in this process is critical. Gender cannot remain solely as women’s concern, but the responsibility of all individuals and of the society as a whole.
The stagnation of women’s progression is not an isolated issue and our policies that can promote growth or deliberate this progression is interrelated to global perspectives, traditionalism, and policies. Also, I agree with Eagly and Carli’s perspective of the metaphor labyrinth. The glass ceiling term focuses on those near the top of their career positions. However, social research has concluded that very few women reach that threshold. Nevertheless, covert and overt sexism persists at top level positions. Thus, we must remain mindful of continuous sexism and misogyny at entry level and post-retirement-part-time employments. However, the labyrinth metaphor of women’s career captures obstacles put in women's paths at entry levels and throughout their career. It suggests that there is a solution to this overwhelming and complex gender gap and disparities. Our discussions and assumptions of gender equality must go beyond the question of whether women’s descriptive representation in politics leads to substantive forms of representation. There is an awful lot of work we have to do, to together, to encourage gender equality and the inclusion of men in this process is critical. Gender cannot remain solely as women’s concern, but the responsibility of all individuals and of the society as a whole.