Why Do Fewer Women Than Men Take Positions of Leadership?
Why Do Fewer Women Than Men Take Positions of Leadership?
Why Do Fewer Women Than Men Take Positions of Leadership?
Sherry Sandberg, COO of Facebook, shared in her book Lean In. 190 heads of
states in the US, only 9 are women. Of all members of parliament worldwide,
only 13% are women. In the business sector, the number of women in senior (C-
level) positions accounts for only 15 to 16%. This rate has not increased since
2002. In the field of NGOs (non-profit), the percentage of women is 20%.
I think we have female leaders for a number of reasons: the most prime one is
women tend to underestimate themselves. I think we have female leaders for
a number of reasons: women tend to underestimate themselves. Women often
tend to underestimate their own abilities. Whereas with men, they often rate
themselves higher than their abilities. In Sherry's research, it has been shown
that: when going to work, at work, women often do not negotiate for themselves
(the rate of men's salary negotiation when working is 57% compared to 7% for
women). Besides, the lack of women in leadership is also due to social
prejudice. The man's success is positively perceived by society; while being
quite negative towards women. The image of a successful man often goes with
the image of a talented person & many people want to work with him. While in
exchange for women, it is easy to receive "harsh" and "difficult" feedback; Not
sure if you'd like to work together. And the last but not least reason is that a
woman has too many sacrifices to be a leader. The women are very busy,
very enthusiastic about their work. But when she thinks about having children,
thinking about family she will think about how she can spend time with them.
And will women choose, will give up, will sacrifice? I think they will, and in
the end they won't take the lead.