Gender Discrimination in Workplace and Happiness in Marriage

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1: If women now have equal rights in the workplace, why aren’t they as successful as men at work?
Gender equality is a basic human right and a foundation for a prosperous and sustainable world. It is needed to attain peaceful societies that use the full human potential. Women and girls account for half of the world’s population and half the potential (UN, 2022). Operating with half of a disempowered population is a huge disadvantage for society. The fight for gender equality aims to ensure that women and girls can enjoy their fundamental rights and participate in society as equal members. It is undeniable that women have made significant progress toward quality. The fight for equal rights has been instrumental in providing more opportunities for women in the workplace. However, there is still a long way to go to achieve equal rights and opportunities between men and women. While there is a perception that women enjoy equal rights in the workplace as males, this is not the case because they continue facing challenges in the workplace. This has considerably inhibited their success, allowing their male peers to take the lead. Women have hence found it challenging to succeed as men in the workplace, despite the notion of equal rights.
Women have less access to opportunities in high-level management positions. A 2008 Catalyst survey was conducted 2008 involving more than 4,000 full-time employed males and females. The participants had graduated from top MBA programs in different parts of the world. The survey revealed that women are paid $4,600 less than their male counterparts in their first post-MBA jobs (Ibarra, Carter, & Silva, 2010). At the same time, the survey indicated that women occupy lower-level management positions, while males in the same category occupy high-level management positions. The inability of women to access high-level management positions as fast as men have made it challenging for them to be as successful. Since fewer women occupy high-level management positions, women find themselves with fewer sponsors to advocate for them. A sponsor is a mentor willing to go beyond offering feedback and advice and utilizes their influence with senior management to advocate for a mentee (Anafarta & Apaydin, 2016). With fewer women in sponsorship positions, more women remain over-mentored and under-sponsored relative to their male peers. The inability of women to find people who can advocate for them means they are less likely to occupy high positions than males. As a result, more males occupy positions that women are equally qualified to hold, further reducing the opportunities available for women to succeed. This keeps women in lower positions as men advance and grow their careers.
Moreover, women face gender discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Workplace gender discrimination comes in different ways, but the applicant received different treatment because of their gender identity or sex. Because of their gender, women are more likely to be hired in certain positions deemed important in an organization. In such a case, women are denied employment even where they are qualified, and the opportunity is accorded to ma...