Factors Influencing Gender Disparities Against Women

Factors Influencing Gender Disparities Against Women
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Introduction The calls for gender equality across the social, political, and economic dimensions in today’s society are receiving much attention while also eliciting diverse opinions and perspectives among different global community stakeholders. The global political dimension, for instance, is characteristic of renowned female leaders who have gone down in history as being among the best or most successful political leaders. The German politician, Chancellor Angela Merkel, makes for one of the most outstanding women in political leadership at the global platform, as indicated by her equally remarkable track record of political decisiveness and integrity. Both Angela Merkel and her predecessor in the European political arena and former United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Lady Teresa May, are excellent depictions of women who have gone against the odds to overcome the existing gender bias or perceived discrimination against women in the political dimension. The success of such women in the political field is being witnessed across the other dimensions of society today, as indicated by the increasing number of female entrepreneurs in the global economic sector. Despite the remarkable milestones made towards reducing gender disparities across the different social dimensions, gender inequality remains to be a challenge around the world. The existence of gender disparities in society today raises a question that guides the research herein; what factors promote gender disparity in society?  An evaluation of these factors functions to create an understanding of the manifestation of gender disparities across the different social dimensions. Provided herein is a comprehensive review of selected literature on women and their diverse encounters across different social dimensions to understand the underlying issues and factors promoting gender disparities and limiting gender equality across the different social platforms. Literature Review Rice and Greenlee’s article, The effect of Evaluator Masculinity on Dyadic Hiring Decisions, evaluates gender disparities at the workplace in an attempt to highlight the factors contributing to the under-representation of women across the different workplace levels (Rice, 2019). The authors conduct specific research into the effect of masculinity in influencing hiring decisions in a dyadic setting. The article posits that gender disparities create varied work experiences for men and women, including lack of gender inclusivity and gender-based pay gaps (Rice, 2019). The research article builds on the argument that men are more represented in the workplace than their female counterparts, especially in the key decision-making levels of hiring and promoting employees (Rice, 2019). The under-representation of women in such key areas is a disadvantage for securing higher levels in the workplace as the men-dominated hierarchy may expose women to masculine biases. Rice and Greenlee single out the hiring and promotions levels in the workplace as the basis for evaluating the effect of masculinity on the evaluators in the hiring and promotion decision-making. The article further sheds l...