An interesting article on a trend in business, most specifically in the world of high technology. As a female entering the business field, I am all too aware of this trend. People often expect women to step aside as their career life continues, trading a successful business career for a career as a successful homemaker instead. Does this mentality not discourage women from being employed or putting themselves out there in the first place? Does it not hurt the idea of the workforce overall if have of the population is subtly encouraged to go home or looked down upon?
For the purpose of disclaimer: I would like this post to be a good discussion and it is not meant to be offensive against men but rather a look at some possible subtle discriminatory practices that are allegedly and anacdotally taking place in the workforce already.
5 comments:
While the topics addressed in the article are not positive reports in regard to women entering the business field, I think it is important to acknowledge that these acts of discrimination are now being acknowledged. As computer scientist Sue Black said, "We hear more and more women's voices about what's been happening to them - and we have more men agreeing it's a problem."
I agree with Emily. More and more people are aware of the discrimination that exists in male dominated fields. Now that the awareness level is higher, the next step is to address these issues. I think companies should become more proactive in recruiting a diverse staff.
While I agree with the 2 previous comments and am aware of the discrimination that exists in the business world, however I believe that corporations are more interested in finding the employee that best fits the company. Firms are looking for the most productive worker in their given field, and in the eyes of the firms whether that prospective employee is a man or a woman makes no difference.
I agree with John that corporations are more interesting in finding the employee that best fits the company. Whether being a man or woman prospective employee should not matter that is why they have passed discrimination laws. We should consider how productive they will be in the work place and how well they will fit into your corporation.
I think it's harder for women to be the tech field because since a very young age, girls are not encourage to study on math, science as much as boys are. And there are also so much discrimination against women at the work place. And this really hurt the economy.
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