The modern life is fulfilled with various stereotypes and inequalities. Gender stereotyping is probably one of the most popular concept, which could be seen within education and economical spheres. The article given reveals the fact that students analyze the teacher’s success and their faculty in general, and their presumptions are biased.
According to the article, “Male students tended to rate female faculty lower, while female students tended to rate female faculty higher on this question, especially in the humanities and social sciences” (Basow 2). This hypothesis could be viewed through two perspectives. Male faculties are more consolidated; hence their we-group is powerful and deprives they-group. This tendency actually came from ancient world, where hunters should stay together. Females, in contrast, do not have such a strong we-group, however, they have a deeper feeling of solidarity, that is why they rated female faculties higher.
It is essential to emphasize the fact that today many organizations are suffering from gender stereotypes. The latter are known as beliefs about how actually behavior of men and women works like. The term should be distinguished from the concept of gender role, which means a set of expected behavior patterns for men and women.
Today gender hierarchies are discussed by many scholars. Probably one of the best introducement of women discrimination happened far back in 1980s. “The glass ceiling is a way of describing whatever keeps women from achieving power and success equal to that of men” (Angelovska 1). Glass ceiling in the women's career today manifests itself in management positions, and in the level of remuneration. Although its nature has changed, it still exists. The opposite process to glass ceiling is glass elevator (escalator), and this process helps “males to move up on the career within female professions” (Williams 5).
Works Cited
Angelovska, Julijana. "Invisible Barriers That Women Cannot Break – Glass Ceiling".
International Balkan University (2013): n. pag. Print.
Basow, Susan. "Student Ratings Of Professors Are Not Gender Blind". AWM Newsletter
24.5 (1994): n. pag. Print.
Williams, Christine L. "The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages For Men In The
"Female" Professions". Social Problems 39.3 (1992): 253-267. Web.
