Reuters ran a blog earlier this week that spawned numerous rants and raves throughout the Internet about the continuing inequality between mena and women in the workplace. The Reuters article used a study published in “The Psychology of Sales Call Reluctance: Earning What You’re Worth in Sales” by Shannon L. Goodson.
The gist? According to the article, “According to the study, men get further ahead in the workplace because they feel little or no reluctance, uneasiness, guilt, or shame, in self-promotion. Men often climb up the corporate ladder with ease; women don’t because most women ’still cling to the myth that self-promotion is “socially unacceptable”, “unlady-like” and “morally suspect’ says Goodson.”
I thought it would be interesting to see how different bloggers are handling the results of the study and the Reuters article:
- TheGlassHammer: “The bottom line: It does us no good to bemoan the latest study, or to feel bad about apparent gender disparities in the corporate universe. We need to inform ourselves, train and develop ourselves, and help ourselves and each other to make the working world better for women.”
- wowowow: “What I have seen is that the top players – the rising women stars – ACT like winners, show confidence that they must truly feel, and – do we know the word “produce”? -PRODUCE — not just talk about it. Often, a little luck helps in the rise. But long term, it is just plain talent and abilities that stand out far above the norm.” — Joan Larsen
- Legal Blog Watch: “In my view, the phenomenon of women working against women is most damaging, because a woman’s view of another woman’s work carries the most weight with men. For example, if a woman partner says that she doesn’t think her female colleague has what it takes to make partner, men will accord the woman partner’s views even more weight precisely because she’s a woman.”
The article sort of resurfaces much of what we feel is the case but doesn’t even begin to address how to assuage the issue. What do you think? Let us know in the comments.
