1. Name two ways in which a woman’s household roles impact her work outside the home.
One way that a woman's household roles impact her work outside of the home would be if a woman were to become pregnant. Even if the woman is successful in her designated field of work, traditional beliefs and beliefs of the younger generation lean towards the woman staying home to tend to the child. Although the younger generation doesn’t specifically state that it will be the woman’s responsibility to stay at home, it is more often than not the female as noted by Lindsey (2011).
Another way in which a woman’s household roles impact her work outside of the home is when it comes to hiring and promotion. As noted by Lindsey (2011), married women with children are often considered a liability as employers feel that women will favor their family over the workplace when the corporate and family life juggling act occurs. This impacts women with children in the workplace as they can be seen as unreliable and less dedicated. This is unfortunate as many fathers have to struggle with work and family, but that fact doesn’t affect them in the same what that it does women.
Lindsey, L. (2011). Global Perspectives of Gender. Gender Roles A Sociological Perspective (pp.272-301).
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458. Prentice Hall.
2. How does stereotyping related to the female gender role impede female managers as they perform their corporate roles and as they strive for upward mobility in those roles?
Stereotyping directly affects female managers while performing in their corporate roles. Women, according to Lindsey (2011), are placed into two groups: women with a career and a family and those who only have a career. Women who have families are not held to the same expectations as female managers who do not. Businesses believe that their investment in the female managers is lost whenever