blog 30

Sondra Sotamayor is a perfect example of gender roles and being bashed for breaking or trying to break the mold. Gender expectations are doled out to everyone even politicians, female politicians are blasted for being aggressive, smart, and out spoken whereas men are encouraged to be just that. Societies views on women are threatened by women liked Hilary Clinton and Sotamayor and that makes them targets for media and negative back lash. These expectations are stereotypes they expect women to be demure and accepting of others decisions, women are not thought to be leaders they aren’t suppose to be in the forefront of issues and they aren’t suppose to be smart questioning decisions of men. Slowly gender stereotypes and expectations are being rewritten but it takes time and a lot of sacrifice. Hilary Clinton for all that she stands for will be bashed and then in 30 years, maybe less some other women will be able to make it more popular. “Albright is careful when it comes to discussing current Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the second woman to hold the position. Rice was mentored by Albright's father, Josef Korbel, while studying at the University of Denver."I am suspending judgment in terms of her particular activities. ... I think we probably learned different things from my father," Albright says” This is also a classic difference, Albright understands that her aggression will get her nowhere in the media and with other politicians so she makes a remark that is biting but still passive aggressive. This isn’t straight forward which I believe is a women’s weakness but her comment makes her point clear without saying anything whereas a male maybe even Bill Clinton could say that he looks down upon her decisions because they are wrong and he would be agreed with. Leadership styles are more about aggression and who can speak the loudest either with words or actions. Women technically are usually very soft spoken compared to men, this give them a disadvantage because they aren’t heard and their ideas can be over looked or taken. Both genders have different qualities they bring to the table, I think the real difference is how women implement authority. Women are more prepared education wise but the subtly of sexism does not prepare them for her battles in higher up positions. Women are going to feel alone in upward positions there are too many men at high level these men are comfortable with the situation so they prevent more women to break through maybe they are doing it purposely or maybe it is subconsciously. The benefits of having female leaders, is that new issues and new ideas come out of their different styles of leadership. Politically more minority groups find more benefits education goes up which helps the economy in the long run. Management wise things can become more structured and organized. Women seem to be more cunning and organized then men, they do have more ‘morals’ because genetically they are more emotionally based but they have the ability to prosper in poor conditions because they are used to having to fight for everything in the work place. Shared leadership is key when it comes to all aspects of life, women and children benefit but so do men, different styles bring different benefits and the expectations of society shift. I also believe that when women take on leadership roles it forces them out of their comfort zone and others comfort zone, women become more aggressive more ambitions and work towards getting to the top it brings out a more efficient worker and affects the rest of the staff to be more productive as well. Most women do not make it to the top of the work environment food chain because they either start families and companies are not flexible or understanding, another way to keep females from making partner or president. That or women become discouraged, which many employees do after they cannot make a dent in the gap or get a simple promotion after years of working they leave to company they are with and start over at a new one. Every time there is a turn over it is expensive and unhelpful for both the company and the employee and women in leadership roles that are fairly earned can make sure that no bias take place as often as it does resulting in a equal work environment.