There is plenty of research available that disagrees with this statement. We have research that shows women are punished when they seek promotion or pay raises
Such as? As you said to me, support this claim with evidence.
Women are called “arrogant” for being confident
Any data to support this? I’ve heard this repeatedly but anecdotes don’t mean much to me.
We have studies that show women entrepreneurs are spoken to and spoken about differently from men when they’re fundraising.
Sure, but women are different than men, and different doesn’t need to mean worse.
Show me where you find evidence that the reasons women aren’t achieving parity in the C-Suite is based on women not trying or wanting these positions?
If we’re being honest with ourselves, we can admit that mens’ tendencies to desire power and status far outstrips that of womens’. There are plenty of reasons for this, not the least of which is that while men tend to be attracted to women through their beauty and youth, women tend to be attracted to men through their success and wealth. Sure that’s a generalization, but by and large it’s an accurate one. Regardless of the reasons, men desire power and respect, and it pushes them to advance in their fields. It’s not really surprising that this would result in men prioritizing work over everything else in their life more than women. There’s a reason that it’s an almost cliche concern that many women have in selecting a partner, whether he will be willing to prioritize the family over work.
There are studies showing lower levels of happiness in women in top managerial positions. There are studies showing that women are capable of advancing just as men are, they just view it as less desirable.
“we find that, compared to men, women have a higher number of life goals, place less importance on power-related goals, associate more negative outcomes (e.g., time constraints and tradeoffs) with high-power positions, perceive power as less desirable, and are less likely to take advantage of opportunities for professional advancement”
“Interestingly, the research by Brockmann and colleagues also shows that women find higher levels of pay to be less rewarding than men. By how much? According to the researchers’ estimate, it would take an extra 12,000 euros of pay to boost a woman’s life satisfaction by the same amount that a man would gain from an extra 5,000 euros of pay.”
Is it such a shock then to think that women in general may not be pursuing higher pay with the vigor that men do?
Women are also more likely to take the motherhood path than fathers are to stay at home with the child.
“Mothers are more likely than fathers (or other women) to work part time, take leave, or take a break from the work force — factors that negatively affect wages. Among women who graduated from college in 1992–93, more than one-fifth (23 percent) of mothers were out of the work force in 2003, and another 17 percent were working part time. Less than 2 percent of fathers were out of the work force in 2003, and less than 2 percent were working part time.”
Working part-time or leaving the workforce will clearly reduce one’s chances of becoming a CEO, and if more woman than men choose this path, then that will result in fewer women CEOs.
I could go on, there is ample evidence and plenty of logic that supports my claim. Now i have no doubt that there is sexist discrimination, just as there is every other sort of terribleness in the world, but the claims about its oppressiveness of women are mightily exaggerated.
