After years of sex discrimination, women
have been looked down-upon because of the advantages men claim to have other
them. However, as seen in a variety of scenarios, women are always able to be
just as, sometimes even more, successful than men. This proves that for there
to still be unequal treatment amongst genders, people need to work on giving women
more opportunities to become involved in forces that men are currently ruling
in. Also, there should be proof of females pulling out just as strongly as
males in business and other aspects of life.
The unequal roles of work at Google
are more prominent than you would think (The New York Times). This may or may not be intentional, but the work
opportunities need to be equalized. There are many possible reasons as to why there
is inequality between genders - ranging from more male applicants because of personal
interest, to the unwelcoming feel against women.
Google may have started off with the
ruling of men, but that doesn’t mean it’ll have to stay that way in the future.
Since the company is so big, people believe women aren’t competitive enough for
the work because of stereotypes. Females are most often seen as humans who aren’t
willing to stand up for a cause, or to work hard for something. So who is seen
as the opposite? Humans who work hard to put a foot down on a situation? Men.
Since the roots of business, males have been the ones who start up a company,
and as time went on, they were the ones who were seen to keep it going. There
were no women in the formula back then.
But things are different now. Fortunately,
Google has come up with programs to help encourage women into the work force.
Unfortunately, no one is able to say that it has made a significant change, but
there is slow progress of the balancing of genders in the environment. In
addition to the programs, more people who are becoming aware of the idea of “unconscious
bias” have made efforts to help more employees understand the situation as well
(The New York Times).
The fact that workers are trying to
become aware of their biasness can help industries improve on their years-worth
of unequal distribution of opportunities. The workers of Google have gone from
"oblivious" to "fully aware" of their lack of variety of
people. This proves that their programs and the introduction of
"unconscious bias" have awakened people from the past eras of
dominating men, to the present and future reality of the power of women.
I agree that women have been looked down upon because of the advantages that men have because of gender stereotypes. Due to these stereotypes on women going back centuries, these ideas have been passed down from generation to generation. Maybe the only reason men make up a high percentage of the work force at Google is because women feel like they cannot compete with men.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with what you said about "unconscious bias". I don't think it matters if Google was actually being biased or women just never applied for the jobs. What matters is that Google is recognizing the problem and doing something about it to make their company less sexist.
I agree that the help of people and companies have improved the bias ways of society. Unfortunately, I disagree that woman don't stand up for a cause because as seen in recent events, woman have fought to gain the respect that they've craved and worked for. This article can stand as proof of this. Woman in google may have realized that they've been mistreated or unequally payed compared to the men.
ReplyDeleteThis problem may be progressing slowly, but this may not necessarily be bad. In my point of view, woman have grown in society to be of the most "dangerous" and powerful of the people. I believe this is the truth of " the future reality of the power of women. Overall, I believe the problem may progress at a slow rate, but this may be good in able to balance the scale between men and women.
I do agree that women have grown in society over the years, but, unfortunately, many companies still lack the efforts to make a difference. In order to fix the unequal ratio problem, everyone needs to contribute to the issue. On the other hand, it is good that some progress is being made. Some is better than none!
DeleteLike what you stated, men are known for dominating the business world and women are looked-down upon. I agree with you because I feel like when women take action within their companies, they don`t seem to be praised and known for their good work. The minimal outcome they get for their actions are affecting the image of women in the business world leading to their invisibility. I feel like if women leaders and their stories are more exposed to the society, they`ll be much more appreciated and noticed.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that it is good that Google is beginning to notice the lack of diversity and gender in their companies. Even if there is small change, it is a beginning of a new concept which can modify the way things are viewed and taught. Not only can this be a lesson for the company but also all other businesses and overall public.
I agree with your argument, although in my own research, discovered some contradicting information. Another article held several examples of women in the tech industry having been denied higher positions and promotions in favor of men. Peers who had not shown any interest in the position or effort. I also liked your analysis of some commonly seen stereotypes, I hadn't thought to include that perspective into my own post.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your position on gender inequality in the work force of these big companies. I agree that Google's efforts to create programs encouraging women to apply for jobs in the tech industry draws attention to the lack of diversity. This helps people become more aware of the situation while making slow changes in the amount of men and women in the company. I think that although these industries are taking a step in changing the way they hire workers, gender bias is still all around us and we are not fully aware of it.
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