Northouse Gender Differences

One identified contributor to women's slower than expected assent into leadership is the persistence of assumptions and stereotypes that women are intrinsically "communal" or "dependent" and "passive", and therefore, lack the capacity to succeed as leaders. (National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Engineering Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, 2006 as cited by Isaac, Kaatz & Carnes, 2012).

"When, husbands take on household responsibility, they typically choose tasks that do not threaten their masculine self-images ( Weingarten ,1978; Yogev, 1981)" (Biernet & Wortman, 1991). Women have to be a jack-of-all trades, they have to go to work, clean house, drive the children to school, get them ready for bed, and get up to do it all over

Sexist values against women in leadership roles impact the confidence and empowerment of female initiative and authority. Embodying leadership is key to political participation – without which one could not take initiative in seeking to foster positive social change. Tony Abbott’s response to a question of women’s opportunities: ‘What if men are by physiology or temperament, more adapted to exercise authority or to issue command?’ (Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) 2012) accounts for the typical gendered attitudes towards female

On the other hand, it is said that women are seen as being more supportive and less managerial. Women tend to display high levels of compassion and team-building skills. Additionally, women leaders are able to view situations from many different perspectives, enhancing their persuasive ability and making them better at persuasion than males. Women are also said to like a challenge. “An international study found that 70% of businesswomen asked their bosses for new challenges at work, which is less than half of the businessmen that did so.” Lastly, it is said that women are honest and hard workers. It was found that 54% of women worked 9-11 hour days compared to 41% of men. It was also found that women are more likely to do work during their vacations and less likely to spend their “sick days” playing hooky.

Knowledge of various bony parts of the hip joint will not only help the radiologists, but will also be of enormous interest to the orthopedic surgeons and for making implants. The race, heredity and geographical areas have a strong influence on the anthropometric parameters of the bone. The femur is one of the most studied of the human bones. The different parameters of femur are studied by various researchers found variations in these parameters. Particular neck of femur shaft angle was ranging from about from 125⁰ to 132⁰ (Samaha, A. A., et al., 2007). It was observed that these dimensions are greater in men in comparison with that of women, but the difference was statistically significant (Chauhan, R., et al., 2002). Isaac, B., et al., (1998) investigated a total of 171 adult South Indian femur to be used to measure the neck-shaft angle length of the neck, maximum vertical diameter of the head, and kinematic radius femoral maximum length. The neck-shaft angle ranges from 120 ° to 136 ° with an average of 126.7 °, and no significant side difference.

For one of the three cultures that I examined the first I chosen was in Australia. Before reading the article I thought they would have the same gender understanding as the people in the United States. The term ideology where there is a set of ideas widely shared by members of a society, which I believed, would be the same between the two countries in the understanding of gender. Australia’s understanding of gender is that they identify their ingenious transgendered people as “sistergirls” and “brotherboys”. They are very similar to the trans-community in the United States where they are also discriminated against and bullied in their communities. They have experienced the same isolation as transgendered people in the United States.

As we have begun to discuss culture, we have come to the realization that culture can take many forms. People who have different ethnicities or grew up in different countries will most likely have different cultures along with different values. Although we inherently want to say that out own culture is the “right” culture, we have to realize that not everyone has been rraised the same or shared the same experiences as us. In Lareau’s reading, the cultural upbringing of different children of different races illustrates how culture and values will vary from person to person. The children are brought up in a middle-class or working class/ poor class, but

Thesis statement: Leadership depends on the leader’s leadership style and there way of communicating ideas rather than the leader themselves. Both women and men believe in similar leadership styles however women prefer a more participative leadership approach.

For as long as history stretches back, the role of women in society has been portrayed as nurturers of men as well as birth givers. Society has taught girls that they should aspire to marriage and hope to be mothers while men are enabled to live their life as they choose. This never-ending cycle of ingrained inequality is hard to break due to its early entrance in the lives of young children. Children grow up watching fairy tales such as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and the Little Mermaid. As harmless and mundane as these fairy tales may seem, they tend to carry some of the most problematic and misogynous messages of them all. The Classic Snow White and The Seven Dwarves as portrayed by Disney carries misogynous views that shackle even women of today. The story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves is a prime

“Magic mirrored on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?” (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs). This statement has become one of the most famous classic villain's lines of the Disney movie industry. Being the first Disney animated film and introduction to the first princess, Disney portrays what women like during the 1930s. The film portrayed feminism as traditional gender role idealized.

Education is the ‘highest art’ in Herland and has been the reason why the country has flourished. When the three male explorers are imprisoned by the Herlanders, their hair grows long, which Gilman does to symbolically link them to women kind. Throughout the novel, Gilman reverses the gender roles: the women have short hair, the men have long hair; the women teach while the men learn; the women are physically stronger than the men.

One major reason why women are not reaching leadership positions is because of the relationship inequalities that they have at home. Sandberg states, “In a 2007 study of well-educated professional women who has left the paid workforce, 60 percent cited their husband as a critical factor in their decision” (110). This is a perfect example of how much of an impact men really have on women. Whatever a man does at home, whether he notices is it or not, has a huge impact on a women at work. Sandberg goes on to explain that, “These women specifically listed their husbands’ lack of participation in child care and other domestic tasks and the expectation that wives should be the ones to cut back on employment as reasons for quitting” (110). This is

I’ve never been one to believe that the entirety of one’s personality relies solely on certain traits or associations. However, stereotypes exist for a reason. While generalisations are often destructive, they must be rooted in some sort of truth. After all, a particular observation must have been made many times for most sweeping statements to become embedded in one’s thought processes. Stereotypes regarding gender follow this pattern as well. Men and women differ in not only their inclinations, but even tend to pursue different aspirations. They also tend to communicate in different manners, often using different approaches to support others and solve problems. And, of course, the most blaring differences are those in the ways that men and

Culture and biology is very important while comparing males and females. Everyone is different but we all came from the same place and all evolved together. Males and females both have different unique characteristics that will benefit them in the long run. There are also a lot of similarities that connect males and females together. Although there is a lot of hate and aggression in the world, but that’s the way we will stay alive. We need to defend our own gender and human nature. As the world continues to change and society’s expectations change, more similarities and differences between males and females

The purpose of this article was to examine women’s and men’s leadership styles, the effectiveness of the different leadership styles, and the true determination of effectiveness as a woman leader (Appelbaum et al, 2003, p. 43). The article present research conducted for theories examined. Comparing this week’s work assignment to this article, I notice a linkage to a few items. The comparable list that is closely related to parts of theories in the reading assignment are gender stereotypes; different leadership style effectiveness; developmental opportunity, and experience. All of these different topics are related to the Leadership Labyrinth.