Women in the Workplace

1. Women in the Workplace Lauren Tamburrino SOC-2370-005

2. Table of Contents • Reasearch • Statistics • Dual Personalities • What women need to learn • What women think • Graphs

3. Research • “More women in government could also boost economic growth: studies show that women are more likely to spend money on improving health, education, infrastructure and poverty and less likely to waste it on tanks and bombs. • This article talks about how women are more of an asset rather than a burden • Girls usually get better grades in school so therefore women will be better equip for jobs in the future • “The Importance of Sex” The Economist, April 6th 2006

4. Statistics • Women make 77.5 cents for every dollar a man makes • 4 in 10 businesses worldwide have no women in senior management • Women earn less than men in 99% of all ocupations “10 Surprising Statistics on Women in the Workplace”, collegetimes.us, October 5, 2010

5. Dual Personalities • Women who work in higher positions have to have split personalities one for work and one for home • In this article it says that at work women put on a flirtatious and bubbly appearance which is more accepted by men • At home the women become more reserved • Personally I don’t think this is true because women have to be tough around men in the workplace to be respected “askmen.com”

6. What Women need to learn • Women need to start positioning themselves in their career field very early to be on track to the top • They need to be in accelerated development programs • They need to establish a personal brand • Start networking better • Set aside doubts “On the job: women in the workplace” By ANITA BRUZZESE, Gannett, USA Today, June 6, 2009.

7. What women think • These are a few statement women think about other women working: • It’s much better for everyone concerned if the man is the achiever outside the home and the woman takes care of the home and family • Women are much happier if they stay at home and take care of their children • The employment of wives leads to more juvenile delinquency

8. Continued • A Scientist analyzed those statements against women’s depression in their 40’s • Her findings were that women who are employed have better mental health than stay at home moms “Working women who want to try to be ‘supermom’ may be more depressed” By Bonnie Rochman, healthland.com, August 23, 2011.

9. Graphs Men and women are Starting to be equal in The workforce “The Importance of Sex” The Economist, April 6th 2006

10. Graphs Collegetimes.com

11. Graphs These are the percentages of careers Women go into

12. Graphs