{"id":24,"date":"2016-12-01T16:47:25","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T00:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/maguireenglish1a\/?p=24"},"modified":"2018-02-20T23:21:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T07:21:12","slug":"girls-rule-boys-drool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/maguireenglish1a\/2016\/12\/01\/girls-rule-boys-drool\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls Rule, Boys Drool?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Women are not equal, at least not in society\u2019s eyes. We ladies are smart: the grades prove it and in the classroom, girls are the brains while guys are the brawn\u00a0(this is a generalization, please do not be offended). So if we\u2019re so smart, why aren\u2019t we the managers and the CEOs of the top companies all around the world?<\/span><\/p>\n

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This may cause quite a stir, but women aren’t at the top of the corporate ladder because they don’t believe that it is possible. It seems a little circuitous: we want to gain equal rights for women but instead, we are the ones who are holding ourselves back.<\/p>\n

What about girl power?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Think back to a time when a girl has shown ambition. What was the reaction? Was it positive: did the men and women around her praise her for being so independent? Or was it frowned upon: did the men and women around her view the action as power-hungry and ruthless? Perhaps you’ve experienced the first situation and, if you have, you’re lucky! Because the majority of women are dissuaded from striving towards their goals if it means competing against men of the same qualifications.<\/p>\n

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I could try and blame this whole issue on men, saying that their misogynistic views are keeping women from “climbing to the top”. But I won’t because that’s not the truth. While I assume that a minority of men believe this, the majority do not have as strong of an effect on women’s underrepresentation as is believed. I think that ladies aren’t pushing themselves enough, probably because they’re nervous. And who wouldn’t be? When faced with the opportunity to go against the norm, possibly gaining negative attention and criticism? That’s pretty intimidating.<\/p>\n

Sheryl Sandberg<\/a> is setting a great example of what ladies can accomplish when they compete against their male peers. As the COO of Facebook, she\u00a0is without a doubt a very important person at headquarters. She has said,<\/p>\n

“In comparison to their male counterparts, highly trained women are scaling back and dropping out of the workforce in high numbers…these diverging percentages teach institutions and mentors to invest more in men, who are statistically more likely to stay” (644-645).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Women, and men, have to realize that gender equality is not for the purpose of helping one gender independently. This misconception has caused conflict between both men and women because it has been thought that gender equality is good for one sex and bad for the other. This just isn’t true.<\/p>\n