Women Back Then

Over 50 years ago, women were not always seen as a big part of the workplace. Women were a figure that usually remained inside the home. Maintaining a clean house, preparing meals, and raising children were generally the jobs of women. As the years past, more and more women began to step outside of their homes and into the work force as a paid employee and not one who worked for free.

Women As Of Today

Today, there are almost as many women in the work place as there are men. "According to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) report the number of women, Blacks, and Hispanics in management has quadrupled since 1970, and the number of Asians has increased eightfold" (Morrison and von Glinow 200-208). Although opportunity has increased for many women, it has been said that there is a "glass ceiling" that stops them from reaching a higher point in their workplace. Women, who are obviously capable of achieving much more than the opportunity they are given, are stopped solely because of their gender. Men are given chances over women with whom they may have equal potential and competence. Women have climbed the hierarchy ladder in education, work, and even politics, but are still stopped by a barrier because of their gender.