Muriel Siebert: The First Lady Of Wall Street

It is easy to take a quick look at our world and see no trace of sexism. Unfortunately, the statistics that surround this topic do no support that statement. Huffington Post reports that women make up only 21 of the S&P 500’s CEOs. This is only one example of the way sexism affects every woman’s life. In our society, sexism is still a terrible reality for women everywhere.

Author Herman Melville of, “Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street” is able to give the reader a glimpse into the law offices during the mid-1850s. The reflection of the narrator and how well he knows his law-office associates, he is able to describe their habits and traits for a comical touch. As the narrator is confident in his employment choices, he hires a scrivener for his office.

The author provides many eye-opening statistics pertaining to the significant gap between women and men. For instance, Sandberg writes “women hold roughly 25 percent of senior executive positions, 19 percent of board seats, and 19 percent of our elected congressional officials.” This statistic is both shocking, yet not too surprising given how she explains how the term feminism. Feminism is not solely about women’s rights but can benefit men as well. The author provided numerous observations which served to motivate and inspire readers, especially women; not to be afraid to speak up in the workplace. She urges readers not to ignore the fact there are distinct biases between both genders which are taking place and considers herself a “feminist”. This book helps to further raise awareness to a seemingly obscure yet ever-present

American sexism has changed dramatically over the years, but it is far from perfect. Today many women in America face sexism in many areas throughout their lives; especially in workplaces. Women face sexist stereotype that holds them back from rising up as corporate ladders, especially in jobs that have a high ratio of men compared to women. Sexist comments such as “women are weak to do this kind of job” , “these are men 's jobs” and ”women are too emotional to work” often causes a woman to be cautious of how she acts, making sure she is not feminine or that she does not cause trouble or repercussions. But, that is not all sexism is doing, often times women face discrimination at workplaces especially after entering motherhood.

According to Metz (2011), women are being deprived of opportunities and being squeezed out of organisations due to preconceptions about their dedication to a long term role, based on outdated gender stereotypes. In general, women experience higher rates of harassment at work, compared to men(McLaughlin, Uggen and Blackstone 2012).

Before war, it was unheard of to have women participate in big companies with successful men. However, after their husbands left, it was time for women to take over the house work and other jobs to keep the economy running. Finally, “American women entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers during the World War II, as well widespread male enlistment left gaping holes in the industrial labor force” (History.com Staff). However, even though women were taking on the same roles as men, that doesn’t mean they received the same amount of respect. There still remains mistreatment, forced subservience, and even the devaluation of females, as well as an exploitation of their

This stereotype has definitely faded in the modern business world, but the modern woman still unjustly needs to "prove" herself to be an equal to her male counterparts. Gender differences can be rather large in today's workforce. From different pay scales to fewer opportunities for advancement, women can often find themselves getting the "short end of the stick". Women also have the unfortunate chore of dealing with sexual harassment. According to the U.S. EEOC, of the 12,679 sexual harassment charges filed in the U.S. during the fiscal year of 2005, 85.7% were filed by women. (http://www.eeoc.gov/types/sexual_harassment.html) Everyday countless instances of sexual harassment go without charges being filed.

During the early history in America women were deprived of some of the many rights given to the male citizens. It has almost been a century since women were awarded the right to vote in the United States. It’s been half a century after the Equal Pay Act was established. “The Equal Pay act led to a reduction in the wage gap, but wage differences based on sex persist” (Korgen & Giraffe, 2015). Sadly, there is still a lot of prejudice towards women in the workplace. Bigotry towards women in the workplace has been dominant through the years. Many perceive women as being weak and not able to effectively provide their leadership duties in their workplaces due to their emotions (weaker sex). Positions in leadership are often given

They believe they will let their emotions get the best of them in the decisions they make when it comes to leading a huge money making business. They feel women are less risk takers and in the business world it’s all about taking risks. Even though this can bring about new ideas and much more stability for workers as a whole. The individuals sitting upon the board of shareholders look towards making the fast money, so they believe women won’t lead them to that goal. The main objective for corporations is to make financial gains and increase net worth. She stated, “Weak, emotional, hysterical, gullible, dependent, and poor at math are a few of the common negative stereotypes about women so corporate CEO’s are reluctant to place a female in a seat of great power within a company. Gender stereotypes are hard to break, and like it or not, we are all prone to engaging in stereotyping at one time or another. As a society, we need to continue to encourage people to go beyond stereotypes and recognize the contributions that each individual, male or female, can make to the workplace (Galarza,

2a. Source B is a panel discussion between 5 different parties that were interested in discussing women and their troubles within the corporate world. The moderator during the discussion was Barbara Jones, senior editor of Harper's Magazine. The discussion took place in 1997 following the resignation of Brenda Barnes, the CEO and president of Pepsi-Cola North America. She decided to resign to be able to spend more time with her children. Media considered her a “casualty of anxiety and ambivalence forced on women by the terms of corporate success.” (Giving women the business: on winning, losing, and leaving the corporate game.Panel Discussion. n.d.) Many women felt her quitting put them back a long time because she had worked so hard to gain that position to quit and stay home with her children. Women had to fight so hard to get to the top, they felt she shouldn't have told them the reason she was quitting was due to her wanting to be a stay at home mom. Feminism had just began to really gain acceptance during this time in the 1990’s and the discussion talks about corporate culture and how women could succeed when odds were

While sexism is no longer as overt a practice as in the past, it is arguably just as pervasive. bell hooks’ life as an academic has been spent trying to breakdown the existent sexist barriers, which have prohibited women from achieving equality with men.

From the 1800s to present day, feminism has been a constant, whether for the push for equal legal rights, or equal social treatment. In early feminist movements, legal rights such as the ability to work any job were a great focus. However, with the great prevalence of women having these equal opportunities in a multitude of countries, the focus of the feminist lens is changed to be on the contrasting ways women are treated to others, and if this treatment needs to be corrected or can be simply dismissed as harmless. With this in mind, one looks back and considers if the gain of laws such as gender discrimination prevention that forbid managing women differently in a workplace environment have at all impacted the way people view and treat women.

One thousand years go by and an abundant amount of people still view women in a stereotypical type of way. On the opposing view, if women did not overstretch the slightest of things, this wouldn’t be such an enormous issue. Women may be overreacting to what the media has to say about them. It is not affecting everybody but a vast majority of successful women from continuing to moving forward said Marianne Schnall. Important to realize, women are capable of doing jobs men can do. Such jobs as being an engineer, physician, mechanic, lawyer and even top notch business women! Up to the present time there is an ongoing public debate on women suffering from double standards. If it makes a female feel threatened or belittled than it may be

For my research question I will be asking: “How is America making progress on gender equity?” Fundamentally, I believe that women are still misrepresented, and are still facing many challenges in the workplace, especially in the business world. The gender stereotypes play a considerable role in the way the society sees women as leaders. However, it will be judicious to consider the small but noticeable changes that have been made over the past years concerning gender equality in the American workplace.

This September is the 20th anniversary of a speech made by former US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton. In the speech, Clinton made the famous remark, “Women’s rights are human rights”. Since the speech, focus on gender equality has increased, especially in the workplace. Yet, some industries, like private equity, continue to have problem in attracting women.