The
only way that being a woman can impact your career success is when the
traditional males are predominantly in control of a company or
other organizations where it is believed that women aren’t as good as
men. This causes harm to women through the following ways:
- They are an easier target for sexual harassment.
- They reach a glass ceiling where promotional opportunities may not allow them to advance to higher responsibilities.
- They are paid much less than a man performing the same job.
- They are more likely to be defamed or snipped by harsh words of the traditional males in the workplace even if she is intelligent, hardworking, and reliable.
These are just
a few of the ways that being a woman can impact your career success;
however, these things are slowly changing due to the “protected class”
laws that have come about due to discrimination against women and other
minorities that hinder their ability to more successful in their chosen
career field. Because in our system, the dominant perception is male minded. Our
system is designed to fight, to waste, to dominate, to have success
under any circumstances.This isn’t a female perception. Mother earth (Gaia) has no representative in our system…look around. But
this will change as a more resource (energy, human resources,
environment) saving strategy is becoming calculable better. But its
late.
It’s
an inescapable fact that if a woman wants to be an involved mother -
cooking meals, reading to the kids and tucking them in at night, helping
in the classroom and with homework, attending sporting events and plays
and such…that means less time for the career. No way around it. There
are only 24 hours in a day. So would I be ruling the world right now if I had remained childless and unmarried? Possibly. Women
can’t have it all. This is a cruel lie that’s been told by feminists,
and it’s done more harm than good. It’s true women can have fulfilling
careers and be financially independent, but to believe you can “have it
all”…that means we must be Super Woman. That we can put in ten hours at
work, cook a four-course meal for dinner, do two loads of laundry, and
bake cupcakes for the school party before making passionate love to our
husband and getting eight hours of blissfully restful sleep. That’s just
not reality.
But the wonderful thing about
feminism is that it has given us a choice, and whatever choice we make
is valid. We don’t have to have kids. We don’t have to work outside the
home. We can hire a maid, or mop our own floors. We should be grateful for
those choices.
Contributors: Joseph E. Sweeney