Women in the Workplace

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This paper explains that it does appear that sexism is still prevalent in the professional world today; for example, women seem to be underrepresented in managerial positions, and the type of job is still determined by gender role assumptions. The author points out that the paradigm of greater tolerance within all areas of life today provides a ray of hope for women who find themselves challenged as a result of preconceived expectations and ideals. The paper relates that studies suggest associations of anger and its consequences in the workplace differ for the genders; a woman expects negative consequences within interpersonal relationships when anger is expressed, while a man, on the other hand, finds that status and power are important to maintain through anger expression. Thus, a man's expectation of the consequences is positive, and he is more likely to express anger.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Conditioned Perceptions of Gender Roles
Gender Roles and Family Obligations
Differences in Male and Female Nature: Anger in the Workplace
Conclusion

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"Cinamon further hypothesizes that family is more important to the women studied in her particular focus group than men. Men on the other rather fit the work than family profile. While women then seem to ascribe more importance to family than men do, women also seem to ascribe a higher importance to work than do men. This then, rather than a particularly higher commitment to family, but a higher commitment to both work and family, is used to explain why a higher conflict between work and family is experienced by women as opposed to men. Professional women seem to not only invest heavily in caring for their work obligations, but also in their families. Thus these women seem unable to make a full commitment to either, and their work commitment (or indeed their family commitment) suffers."

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