Fortune came out with their “50 Most Powerful Women” list on September 30th. For five years running the number one women has been Indra Nooyi, the Chairman and CEO of Pepisco. This list is extremely inspiring to women. It wasn’t too long ago where it was only socially acceptable for women to be a teacher, secretary, or nurse. Things have definitely changed in the job market, but not completely. Though, this list is filled with women running the top companies in the country.
Seeing women excel in the corporate world is near and dear to my heart because my mother works in it and it might be something I want to pursue with my life. I love my mother, but she lives an insane lifestyle. She sleeps on average 3 ½ hours a night, takes care of the house, works 12 hour days, and still finds time to be a mother to three children. To anyone that knows her, she really is superwomen. It is not that far of a reach to say the women on the list do the same.
If women can do all this and still excel at their job why is it that business is still a man’s world? I would not consider myself a feminist at all, but this something that I take seriously. What makes people think we are under qualified? In fact, Colleges usually have a higher women percentage than men because more women. This shows that women really want to go to school and get their degree.
It baffles me that we are being paid less. Their justification is that because we have to take maternity leave that we should be paid less. This is completely bogus reason. I think we really need reevaluate the way we think about women’s place in the workplace.Who says that the women need to stay home and take care of the children? You hear more and more often of men staying home, but it is truly is a rarity. Sadly, I do not see this becoming a fad anytime soon.
If women can do all this and still excel at their job why is it that business is still a man’s world? I would not consider myself a feminist at all, but this something that I take seriously. What makes people think we are under qualified? In fact, Colleges usually have a higher women percentage than men because more women. This shows that women really want to go to school and get their degree.
It baffles me that we are being paid less. Their justification is that because we have to take maternity leave that we should be paid less. This is completely bogus reason. I think we really need reevaluate the way we think about women’s place in the workplace.Who says that the women need to stay home and take care of the children? You hear more and more often of men staying home, but it is truly is a rarity. Sadly, I do not see this becoming a fad anytime soon.
Good post. Just to be clear--women back then were "allowed" to something besides teachers, etc., but socially, they were discouraged from any jobs that were not feminine. That is, men discouraged them by calling them unfeminine if they wanted a career. Those with the power wanted to keep it. Then the feminists like Betty Friedan in the 1950's and Gloria Steinem in the 1970's came along and challenged that attitude. They broke down some of the barriers, but as you see by the shortage of women who are CEO's, women still have not broken through the glass ceiling in most corporations. I don't see why women see feminism as a bad word when it has done them so much good and there is still a ways for feminism to take us. But we are on the rise--outnumbering men in college and grad school. So when will we make the big bucks? Maybe when the men start sharing the child care duties around the house. What are the odds of that?
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