Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j9E1VFG07616; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:31:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:31:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20051014012845.85604.qmail@web33402.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Wendy Dickinson <wendance@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:3338] Re: gender equity X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Status: O Content-Length: 4493 Lines: 127 I recently went to a workshop on Women as leaders in the workforce. Based on this discussion, I thought that some of you might be interested in their findings. They found that there were five main areas where women substantially differed from men in the workplace. They are: 1) Sense of isolation - women don't share with each other about their mistakes or frustrations in the work place. They just hit their limit and quit. 2) Quality of relationships - at the top levels of leadership, there are mostly men. There is a small line to balance because they need to influence those around them (men) and constantly trying to prove themselves. Women tend to have great relationships with their clients, but not necessarily with their peers (who are often men). 3) Centrality of Boss - Women tend to stay with one boss and try to "please" them. They don't have a wide network of people with whom they have worked but put all their proverbial eggs in one basket. 4) Source of credibility - some assignments will build more credibility more than others, women tend to engage in those that they are certain they will be successful at. This is also connected to predictability. Women need to step back and think about what is predictable about them 5) Authenticity - they found that women don't know "know" how to act in a leadership role (for a variety of reasons) and tend to act like they are "on guard." They struggle with how to command power and present themselves without being the bitch. I found this presentation to be quite interesting, partly because it moved beyond observations to points of application. There are many aspects of our culture that we should be critical of when it comes to equality in the workforce, however I think that it is also important to look at what women do when they are in those positions and take responsibility for areas where we could show up in a more effective way. Just FYI, this was an unpublished study. Wendy --- Danielle S Shareef <dshareef1@student.gsu.edu> wrote: > Hi Daphne, > > I just think it's sad because our country professes > to be so advanced. However, the archaic views about > what a woman's place is in society and how much of > the work that women do (inside and outside of the > home) has no Dow Jones or NASDAQ value, contribute > to the inadequate resources for child care and > health care, as well as career advancement. Gender > equity may be an umbrella issue for all others in > our society because if more women were included in > the design and decision-making of power wielding > and policy-making institutions, many of the > disadvantages would not exist. (Provided women > aren't given access based on them emulating and > perpetuating the standards and behaviors of the > patriarchical establishment. > > Danielle > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Daphne Greenberg" <ALCDGG@langate.gsu.edu> > To: Multiple recipients of list > <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> > Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 09:56:18 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:3327] gender equity > > I have noticed that many adult learners (as well as > adult literacy providers) assume that the US, as the > number 1 world power must have the best gender > equity in the world. I recently came across an > article in Ms. magazine (Fall, 2005, p.61) which > provides information that could be an impetus for > all kinds of activities in the adult classroom: > graph reading, understanding the concept of rank, > geography lessons, and civics lessons. > Here are some of the facts listed in the article: > United States scored 17th of 58 countries surveyed > in gender equity. > Sweden scored 1st of 58 countries surveyed in gender > equity. > Egypt scored 58 out of 58. > The US ranked 8th in education for women, but for > economic opportunity only 46th and in health only > 42nd. > The article includes the following quote: > "It seems that American women, while they are able > to enter the workforce fairly easily, do not have > opportunities to advance their careers once they are > part of it, and remain concentrated in lower-paid > professions." > Recommendations for the US include: maternity leave > laws, affordable child care, and better reproductive > health care. > The entire report can be found at: > www.weforum.org/gendergap > > Any thoughts about this and our learners? > Daphne > > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! 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