In a patriarchal society like our current social structure, the fact that men do most of the high-level jobs has become such a common concept which inevitably forces women to take a back seat in the workplace. This reality has created an imbalance in the working system around the world that raises the question of whether the higher authority should encourage a certain percentage of these high-level jobs to be reserved for women. In my viewpoint, the government definitely should take immediate action on this issue to establish a positive work environment for women, especially for female employees who are easily ignored in male-dominated jobs.
First and foremost, many women have to endure gender inequality in their workspaces which prevents them from getting a promotion to a higher position. This is because there are many pervasive stereotypes of society which deem women as unproductive workers such as being incapable of controlling their emotions or being less intelligent than their male counterpart. As a result, men are effortlessly trusted to take over a top position in companies, institutions or parliaments while women do not have the same privilege. According to EU Statistics in 2019, only 17. 6% of executives and 6. 9% of CEOs were women in the workforce.
Secondly, women are not confident enough to compete against men for a higher position because they perceive themselves as a minority in their workplace, in contrast with the overwhelming dominance of male employees. This issue makes women subconsciously underestimate their abilities whenever they encounter a chance to reach for the top in the labour force, while they are generously qualified to handle the high-level jobs. For example, American sociologists have observed that 57% of men entering the workforce out of college are negotiating their first salary, while only 7% of women are doing the same even though they possess excellent qualities. In other words, women have to face more challenges than men to move up to positions of prominence and power and therefore discourage them to pursue these opportunities.
In conclusion, it must be said that the problem of addressing the gender segregation between male and female in a workplace is deeply contentious, even create more conflicts when offering the option to reserve high-level jobs for women. Despite this matter, our society must face the truth that women are mostly ill-treated in the labour force and they should be aided by their lawmakers to have the same privilege as men at work. It is not unrealistic to expect that the rates of successful women in the workforce will rise once the government gives the necessary support to assist them.
In a patriarchal society like our
current
social structure, the fact that
men
do most of the
high-level
jobs
has become such a common concept which
inevitably
forces
women
to take a back seat in the workplace. This reality has created an imbalance in the working system around the world that raises
the question of whether
the higher authority should encourage a certain percentage of these
high-level
jobs
to
be reserved
for
women
. In my viewpoint, the
government
definitely should take immediate action on this issue to establish a
positive
work environment for
women
,
especially
for female employees who are
easily
ignored
in male-dominated jobs.
First
and foremost,
many
women
have to
endure gender inequality in their workspaces which
prevents
them from getting a promotion to a higher
position
. This is
because
there are
many
pervasive stereotypes of society which deem
women
as unproductive workers such as being incapable of controlling their emotions or being less intelligent than their male counterpart.
As a result
,
men
are
effortlessly
trusted to take over a top
position
in
companies
, institutions or parliaments while
women
do not have the same privilege. According to EU Statistics in 2019,
only
17. 6% of executives and 6. 9% of CEOs were
women
in the workforce.
Secondly
,
women
are not confident
enough
to compete against
men
for a higher
position
because
they perceive themselves as a minority in their workplace,
in contrast
with the overwhelming dominance of male employees. This issue
makes
women
subconsciously
underestimate their abilities whenever they encounter a chance to reach for the top in the
labour
force, while they are
generously
qualified to handle the
high-level
jobs
.
For example
, American sociologists have observed that 57% of
men
entering the workforce out of college are negotiating their
first
salary, while
only
7% of
women
are doing the same
even though
they possess excellent qualities.
In other words
,
women
have to
face more challenges than
men
to
move
up to
positions
of prominence and power and
therefore
discourage them to pursue these opportunities.
In conclusion
, it
must
be said
that the problem of addressing the gender segregation between male and female in a workplace is
deeply
contentious, even create more conflicts when offering the option to reserve
high-level
jobs
for
women
. Despite this matter, our society
must
face the truth that
women
are
mostly
ill-treated in the
labour
force and
they should
be aided
by their lawmakers to have the same privilege as
men
at work. It is not unrealistic to
expect
that the rates of successful
women
in the workforce will rise once the
government
gives the necessary support to assist them.