Women and men face seperate but equal challenges. Women in the workplace are often dismissed. For example, if a woman were to voice a smart opinion or idea, it would not catch on as well as if a man were to pitch that idea or opinion. Women also have to go through the idea of being tested; they have to somehow 'prove themselves' in order to gain the respect from men. For expample, if a woman and a man were walking next to each other talking and people in the office saw them, they would assume that the male is the superior. Women have to show men how they made it to such a high position. Men face challenges as well. Men face reverse discrimination in the workplace-women are gaining better jobs at the expense of men even though men work as hard for it. Another barrier that men have to overcome is communication. Men understand that women hear things differently than men say them. Therefore, men have to think about what they are going to say when they approach a woman, taking all spontinaity out of the conversation. Although men and women face completely different challenges, both sexes still have to overcome them.
http://www.witi.com/careers/2004/genderdiffs.php
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I do have to agree with Sam about how if a woman voices an opinion, people do not even take two seconds to think if that is a good idea or not. But when a man who voiced the same opinion, is praised and people think he is so smart. Overall both men and woman face different challenges and we have to realize that although wrong, we are all in this together.
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