Gender Difference: Discrimination

Gender Difference Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Date GENDER DIFFERENCE Men and women have the same skills to make good political leaders but due to the society’s perception about women, they are underpinned and stopped from assuming leadership roles. According to a research (US Department of Labor, 2005), which was conducted on why there are many male leaders on the top positions than female leaders in America, it was found that women are held at higher standards than men, the women who are interested in politics are not fully supported by political parties, they are tied up by family responsibilities, many American citizens are not ready to vote in women to higher offices and lastly the American citizens perceive women as lacking enough experience that is required to run an office. In this case, I strongly agree with the statement due to various reasons that impacts the gender bias on leadership. Gender discrimination in leadership is one of the factors that make women not to assume higher leadership positions. Gender preferences applied by most companies when it comes to higher leadership positions favor male employees only, different salary scales depending on gender where female employees are...