@ Ms Poornakala
With reference to your post on driving and pooling transport with a male colleague is not a challenge faced in the corporate world. This is a simple grapevine situation which everyone faces, males and females.
@ Readers
Regarding challenges faced by females, why woes of females are highlighted, everyone in this world are fighting their struggles against some kind of challenge, discrimination, ability, racism, financially, physically or mentally.
So grow up, face it, fight it, live it. If females are outstanding performers, it will shine out, and results will be seen. In corporate worlds, results are noticed and appreciated or otherwise only when cash flows are affected. when an employee makes a difference to the real business, irrespective whether that person is male or female.
So go out in the sun, put your feet on the ground and make sales, Work extra hours, as other male counterparts chip in, rather than, putting up female advantage, " Oh I have to go home early, its unsafe", "I m a family person", "oh I have to attend so and so function its so important", " I can’t go door to door doing sales", " HR is a good profession for females, sit in the office and work 9 - 6" etc etc ..
These observations are out of my limited experience, and by no means I intend to generalize this observations on all female workers. There are fine outstanding examples of females or males have faced challenges and came out shining.
The topic of this post is "Challenges faced by Women in the Corporate World" what are so special challenges faced by woman that requires such thoughtful review.
Discrimination or biased towards promotions?
As I mentioned earlier, perform and perform, then one will be noticed when it reflects on the real business, every employee has to struggle to get her / his work noticed and earn the credits for work done. And if there is discrimination or favoritism practiced in the organization then no one is spared , be it males or females.
Male Ego, not letting women rise up corporate ladder ? (Glass ceiling)
Today’s times are changing, there is information awareness everywhere, I have seen dramatic changes in male thinking towards women, today fathers take pride when daughters are earning, husbands are supporting working wives by domestics chores, brothers support their sisters when it comes to making a choice of life partner to careers. At work place, male or females are majorly considered for their abilities to perform the task. I have worked under female manager, and she was fabulous at managing business and she rose up in the corporate with her ability to exceed sales target and put the hardwork as equal as any other colleague.
If females feel that, male egos at the top management are not letting women rise, is because, they are not challenged enough, everyone is struggling against promotions and earn credits for the hardwork. So if management has ego hassles, everyone is at the receiving end. Not only women !
Men feel threatened by women rising in power ?
This is possibly true, but its moreover a human nature trait, few kinds who gets the taste of power, starts behaving arrogant or forms a superiority complex against others, be it males or females, moreover due to centuries of male and female conditioning.
In today’s time as females are rising in power, they flaunt it just like any other male would also do, but this is not accepted or its frowned upon by men as in the changing society, this is slowly sinking in. Also when females are bestowed with power and position, the attitude changes, and there is a sense of superiority in other walks of life, I have seen typical examples in life such as :
“ I earn so n so much, at so n so position with so n so brand company uh!! uh !!”
In
Marriage alliance,
General Friend Circles
Dominance in the household.
When a male is earning so n so much, at so n so position with so n so brand company , it is considered normal and acceptable by everyone as males are supposed to be naturally meant or born for this kind of arrangement, but when women gets this kind of arrangements, then suddenly its an achievement for women as they are oppressed and rose against extra challenges faced by them as compared to males.
I feel all human kinds are equal, any two individuals be it male or female, having received equal opportunities and abilities face challenges and either they face it or they loose it. it all depends on their mental strength.
There are no such challenges Specially for women, specially created by Males as perceived, when males face hard times, they are suppose to be tough and face it. and when women face the same, suddenly it’s a challenge everyone should talk about and fight for reservations, concessions, women rights, etc etc ..
Thanks for reading, feedback is welcome.
Hussain
With reference to your post on driving and pooling transport with a male colleague is not a challenge faced in the corporate world. This is a simple grapevine situation which everyone faces, males and females.
@ Readers
Regarding challenges faced by females, why woes of females are highlighted, everyone in this world are fighting their struggles against some kind of challenge, discrimination, ability, racism, financially, physically or mentally.
So grow up, face it, fight it, live it. If females are outstanding performers, it will shine out, and results will be seen. In corporate worlds, results are noticed and appreciated or otherwise only when cash flows are affected. when an employee makes a difference to the real business, irrespective whether that person is male or female.
So go out in the sun, put your feet on the ground and make sales, Work extra hours, as other male counterparts chip in, rather than, putting up female advantage, " Oh I have to go home early, its unsafe", "I m a family person", "oh I have to attend so and so function its so important", " I can’t go door to door doing sales", " HR is a good profession for females, sit in the office and work 9 - 6" etc etc ..
These observations are out of my limited experience, and by no means I intend to generalize this observations on all female workers. There are fine outstanding examples of females or males have faced challenges and came out shining.
The topic of this post is "Challenges faced by Women in the Corporate World" what are so special challenges faced by woman that requires such thoughtful review.
Discrimination or biased towards promotions?
As I mentioned earlier, perform and perform, then one will be noticed when it reflects on the real business, every employee has to struggle to get her / his work noticed and earn the credits for work done. And if there is discrimination or favoritism practiced in the organization then no one is spared , be it males or females.
Male Ego, not letting women rise up corporate ladder ? (Glass ceiling)
Today’s times are changing, there is information awareness everywhere, I have seen dramatic changes in male thinking towards women, today fathers take pride when daughters are earning, husbands are supporting working wives by domestics chores, brothers support their sisters when it comes to making a choice of life partner to careers. At work place, male or females are majorly considered for their abilities to perform the task. I have worked under female manager, and she was fabulous at managing business and she rose up in the corporate with her ability to exceed sales target and put the hardwork as equal as any other colleague.
If females feel that, male egos at the top management are not letting women rise, is because, they are not challenged enough, everyone is struggling against promotions and earn credits for the hardwork. So if management has ego hassles, everyone is at the receiving end. Not only women !
Men feel threatened by women rising in power ?
This is possibly true, but its moreover a human nature trait, few kinds who gets the taste of power, starts behaving arrogant or forms a superiority complex against others, be it males or females, moreover due to centuries of male and female conditioning.
In today’s time as females are rising in power, they flaunt it just like any other male would also do, but this is not accepted or its frowned upon by men as in the changing society, this is slowly sinking in. Also when females are bestowed with power and position, the attitude changes, and there is a sense of superiority in other walks of life, I have seen typical examples in life such as :
“ I earn so n so much, at so n so position with so n so brand company uh!! uh !!”
In
Marriage alliance,
General Friend Circles
Dominance in the household.
When a male is earning so n so much, at so n so position with so n so brand company , it is considered normal and acceptable by everyone as males are supposed to be naturally meant or born for this kind of arrangement, but when women gets this kind of arrangements, then suddenly its an achievement for women as they are oppressed and rose against extra challenges faced by them as compared to males.
I feel all human kinds are equal, any two individuals be it male or female, having received equal opportunities and abilities face challenges and either they face it or they loose it. it all depends on their mental strength.
There are no such challenges Specially for women, specially created by Males as perceived, when males face hard times, they are suppose to be tough and face it. and when women face the same, suddenly it’s a challenge everyone should talk about and fight for reservations, concessions, women rights, etc etc ..
Thanks for reading, feedback is welcome.
Hussain