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Females are still not Looked at as Equals
“Remember that you can do anything you want to do. Don’t let anyone say.’You’re not
smart enough… it’s too hard… it’s a dumb idea… no one has done that before… girls don’t do that.’
my mom gave me that advice in 1973. And it allowed me to never worry about what other were
saying about my career direction” a quote from Meg Whitman. This quote is something that all
parents say to their children especially their daughters, because as adults we know society is
going to change the daughters of this world more than they [society] will their sons. Society has
changed a lot over the years and back in 1973 there was more of a society shun on females then
there is now. But still now in the 21st century there is still a fight for equal rights for females.
Business females are still fighting in a world that holds females to an old society standers. “In
2012, women held just 3.8% of Chief Executive Officer positions in Fortune 500 companies, and
90 out of 535 seats in US Congress.” (Bailey, 2014) “At the lowest levels, more than half of the
employees in organizations are female. As you move to each successively higher level in the
organization, the number of women steadily shrinks.” (Sherwin, 2014) But why is that? Why are
women not taking on the higher up in management positions? Is there some key to success that
only men have? Or have society pushed women so far down that there is no way for women to
take on a higher management position?
The question is always who is more superior men or woman. Society sees this on the
playground with children when they are in competition with one another. “According to a survey
conducted by Chris Bart, professor of strategic management at the DeGroote School of Business
at McMaster University, and Gregory McQueen, a McMaster graduate and senior executive
associate dean at Still University’s School of Osteopathic Medicine, women actually run better
performing businesses than men.” (Moltz, 2013) There are several traits that women are better at
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then men that these studies have shown. The first one that is almost always measured when it
comes to management is communication. Woman have a tendency to be a listener by nature since
woman are built with empathy which is critical for management. This is important since every
employee wants to have their opinion heard. The employee wants to feel like they count and
what they are talking about to their manager matters. The woman also has patience and empathy
for the employees to convey these feeling and have them being recognized. When working in a
team “Women are a little bit more mutually supportive and mutually communicative,” (Whitten,
