Women in leadership positions in America

Gender Research

Women and the world they live (d ) in

Every society has pre-defined roles for men and women-Men are the bread-winners , the decision makers and the aggressive half whereas women are the procreators , the executors of the man-made decisions and the demure , passive half . The obvious sex difference has translated and now is firmly rooted as the gender difference that manifests itself in the roles that men and women are supposed to play . For a long time women have been confined to homes (sometimes it was a voluntary decision ) and

they have been expected to bring up children and take care of other social and societal obligations . But as the world evolved and the revolutions ensued women began to look beyond their homes for a life This , obviously , caused quite a flutter among the puritans who still desperately clung on to the belief that the hand that rocks the cradle should not be paid . Transgressing from the unwritten rules of male female role-play was blasphemy the conservatives cried . But thanks to courageous women like Joan-of -Arc , who led the French army against the British , women found a new life that led to avenues and careers they never thought existed . Now , a couple of centuries after women first began working there is a general if not grudging acceptance to the idea of working women . Women today are scaling new heights , setting higher goals and are climbing the corporate ladder . The working woman has finally arrived

What women really want

Most women who venture out to start a new business face three major problems . First they have a difficult time raising capital for their business because most loan providers are skeptical of a woman run business . Second , they have to find a balance between home and work This is a unique problem for women who run their business (other working women who are employed face this problem to a lesser degree ) as it entails being at the helm of affairs (read crises ) at work and running a perfect household as well . The third challenge for business owners is to be taken seriously by their peers on the face of it the issue seems a petty one but then any business owner needs the acceptance from the peer group-it gives them a sense of pride and satisfaction . The lack of such respect could also have a severe damaging effect on the business as the non-acceptance by competitors may translate to consumer wariness towards the product

Women on top

As more and more women began to join the workforce there was a need to do more than just work for somebody . Women started to take risks and start their own ventures . Most such ventures started out very small and most of these women wanted little more than to fulfill their creative potential or meet a basic need . But as time passed by and their businesses flourished they began to move beyond the comfort zone and expand their businesses . These are the women who...