Glass Ceiling Research Paper

Introduction

A glass ceiling refers to an invisible barrier that limits women from rising to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder, regardless of qualifications or achievements. Metaphor was applied by feminist in reference to barriers in the careers of high achieving women. Gender inequality has been a persisting issue at the workplace from long ago. Since then many feminist movements have risen to fight for equal treatment of women. Throughout history, women have faced intense discrimination, legal rights and being inferior. Women have been thought to be less of a person as compared to men. We want to investigate how feminism has changed the idea of women and their capability over the years and how it has changed society. …show more content…
Even though women tend to be more reliable than men, women are not given the actual amount of opportunity to show their capability. Women are often underpaid although their work is remarkable and better than men employees. This results in discrimination against the women due to the pay inequality. For example, in the past, female-dominated industries and jobs often produced lower wages than male-dominated industries and jobs. This changes people’s perspective on the ability of women. Then, people would tend to look down on women or female-dominated companies as they are more subjective to failure.

Women are given lesser leadership roles than men. Women are mostly known to be secretaries in the workplace. Men tend to occupy all the prestigious jobs. Hence, women are not involved in leadership roles like being a business manager. Even though women are known to be useful and being able to successfully build a great company, they are given lack of leadership roles which are usually senior positions.

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The feminist movement, which was a series of campaigns to prove to men women were of equal stature to men or even better in many different areas.This movement is widely known in the United States which came in three waves. The first wave of campaigns started in the 19th and early 20th Centuries which focused on women legal rights, such as voting rights. The second wave focused on social equality, seeking equal rights and opportunities for women in their economic activities, their personal lives and politics. The third wave talked about similar aspects and for greater women influence in our politics and economy plus women reproductive rights ; freedom to decide on

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