Advantages and disadvantages of women's workplace

Advantages and disadvantages of women's workplace

Everyone advocates the slogan of equality between men and women, but women are still discriminated against in the workplace. Do you know the advantages and disadvantages of working women? The following is the information I have carefully prepared about the advantages and disadvantages of women in the workplace, hoping to help everyone.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Women in the Workplace 1 seligman, an American positive psychologist, wrote in his book Real Happiness: Real happiness comes from discovering and cultivating your most prominent advantages and using them in daily work, leisure and parent-child games. It can be seen that giving play to one's own advantages is the key to personal happiness and career success. Women's physique is generally inferior to that of men, which is a major weakness of human society in the past and supported by manual labor. However, manual labor is not very important in today's society, the degree of social civilization is constantly improving, and security is becoming more and more guaranteed. Women's physical weakness has been greatly diluted. The unique advantages of women based on gender characteristics are more and more suitable for the needs of future social development.

Excellent language skills

Compared with boys in early childhood, girls are articulate and will always maintain this advantage. Women's language is fluent and clear, and they are excellent in grammar, sentence-making and reading ability. , and have a good ability to accept foreign languages. In communication, women's language has a natural ability to impress and dump people. Women's language advantages make them show their inherent professional advantages in communication-related work.

(B) unique thinking ability in images

When women and male companions go out to do business, they often forget the way, because women's understanding of space and orientation is slightly inferior to that of men; However, women's thinking ability in images is excellent. They often make people feel beautiful, harmonious, elegant, exquisite and intuitive when conceiving design schemes, planning architectural blueprints and making work plans. Naive and straightforward pursuit of the phenomenon and mystery of things. The method used is novel and unique, almost perfect, unlike men, because it is easy to reveal flaws if you are not careful. Female image thinking is suitable for music, drama, art, dance, singing and other artistic work.

(3) toughness

Although women's muscles are not as developed and explosive as men's, they are more elastic. Women's tenacity is especially manifested in their work, career and family when they face sudden emergencies, such as suddenly losing dependence, they will become stronger.

Good communication skills.

Psychological experiments have proved that women want to get along with others both physically and psychologically. In the same work department, women's interpersonal communication is generally close, because they need emotional communication more and can be more intimate; Moreover, women are instinctively driven to sympathize with others.

(5) Love and empathy

Because of women's maternal instinct, they are kind-hearted, compassionate, compassionate and caring. Women are good at caring and helping others. They often play their professional advantages in kindergarten teachers, charity and humanitarian activities. This advantage of women makes women show their specialties in the occupational categories that are suitable for their innate advantages, but it also has a negative side, which makes women's enthusiasm and development space smaller. Therefore, as women in the new era, we should recognize our own strengths, strive to break through the limitations of professional level and scope, and start our own business.

(6) Good at cooperation.

Women are good at cooperating with colleagues around them, and high affinity is their professional advantage.

Although people have different paths to success, all successful people have one thing in common, that is, Peter drucker, a management scientist, believes that "excellent managers are based on their own advantages, on the advantages of superiors, colleagues and subordinates, and on the advantages of the environment". He also believes that "most highly competitive companies, like highly competitive countries, concentrate their advantages and abandon their disadvantages." People's time and energy are also limited. If a person wants to make a difference, he also needs to focus on his own strengths and put himself in a place where he can play his strengths. Advantages include a person's unique way of working. Peter drucker believes: "The strengths of the same person are the same, and a person's work style is also unique, which is determined by his personality. Whether personality is innate or acquired, it must have been formed long before a person enters the workplace. Just like what a person is good at and what he is not good at is fixed, a person's work style is basically fixed, which can be slightly adjusted, but it cannot be completely changed-of course, it will not be easily changed.

Advantages and disadvantages of women in the workplace 2 Introduction Women have always been in a relatively weak position in the workplace, and there must be a reason for their weak position in the workplace. The following is what I bring to you. I believe it will help you. Income discrimination: Most women earn less than men. On the one hand, it is influenced by the general concept of society and the discrimination against women by employers; On the other hand, it is also caused by women themselves. Women are particularly prone to underestimate themselves, which is why their income is "below" their potential. ...

Women have always been in a weak position in the workplace, and there must be a reason why women are in a weak position in the workplace. The following is what I bring to you. I believe it will help you.

Income discrimination

Most women earn less than men. On the one hand, it is influenced by the general concept of society and the discrimination against women by employers, on the other hand, it is also caused by women themselves.

Women are particularly prone to underestimate themselves, which is why their income is "below" their potential. A series of surveys conducted in many universities show that women can accept much lower wages than their male colleagues for the same laboratory work. This will not change because of women's income in their previous job. According to some psychologists, the fundamental reason is "depressive effect".

According to the definition in the latest issue of Journal of American Psychological Association, the depressive effect means that only a few people in society often underestimate themselves in front of social elites. Vulnerable groups will take their weak position for granted. When women see the advantages of the dominant group, that is, men, they will think it is right, no matter how unfair this advantage is.

The most effective way for a woman to stay poor is to make trouble for herself. "Low-income" women always throw all kinds of banana peels unconsciously on their way forward. For example, if you apply for a job that you are completely incompetent, you will have conflicts with your colleagues, procrastinate, give up halfway, and keep changing jobs, and you will always come to an abrupt end when you arrive at your destination. They are characterized by attacking everywhere, distracting and inattentive. They always make these mistakes over and over again until one day they suddenly look back and regret the stupid things they have done.

Appearance discrimination

Someone once did a questionnaire survey on women's employment and asked, "What is the most important thing for women in the job search process?" The top four answers are: appearance, temperament, education and public relations ability, which are 70 respectively. 1%、67。 2% and 60. 7% of the respondents chose these options. In addition, many units also put forward requirements for women's marital status.

Female appearance is very important in the process of job hunting and employment. It is reported that a reporter learned a similar situation when interviewing in the talent market. A girl who graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages introduced that after graduating in 2004, she began a bitter job search process. With her first-class spoken English, she applied for translation positions in several companies, because her height is only 1. 5 meters, repeatedly brushed off during the interview. So that in the past four years, she can only "live" by being a tutor. It is understood that although there is a great demand for marketing, business management and other occupations this year, some female candidates who have the ability to stand out from the crowd are frequently unsuccessful. On the one hand, people are in urgent need of talents, but on the other hand, they have the ability to find jobs. The sharp contrast is puzzling.

In the profession of nurses, the recruitment phenomenon of "judging people by their appearances" is more obvious. "When recruiting nurses in hospitals, we should first look at the applicant's appearance and figure, and then refer to his performance and practical ability." A loser is indignant.

In the workplace, beautiful women generally earn more than ordinary employees. Gildo University Graduate School, London? a href =//target = _ blank & gt； Illings pointed out that an average-looking secretary earns less than a beautiful secretary 15%. The study also found that men who are considered unattractive earn less15% than their handsome colleagues; Women with long differences also earn less than their beautiful colleagues 1 1%. Obesity has no effect on men's wages, but women are obese and their wages are 5% less than those of colleagues who lose weight. Research interview 1. 10000 people, about 33 years old.

Recently, when I was looking through the girlfriend magazine, I saw another advertisement that discriminated against women. Jewelry brand COOKAKA in "Girlfriend? There is an advertisement in the campus magazine. However, this advertisement stipulates the requirements of people who watch this advertisement, and points out that "it is not only wealth and appearance, but also eyes stop." This statement is regarded by many people as an infringement of consumers' rights and interests and a kind of discrimination against women. They think that the slogan of Cook Baka Kukaka means that both the franchisees and consumers of Cook Baka Kukaka are Gao Fushuai. This also shows that jewelry companies discriminate against women in the workplace.

Psychological discrimination

Of course, female discrimination cannot exclude the subjective consciousness of female professionals. Many women subconsciously position themselves as "gender vulnerable groups". Because of this subjective consciousness, they may become more sensitive in the workplace, and it is easy to strengthen those phenomena that are not unfair treatment. For example, when a female employee sees a male colleague smoking and chatting with the boss, she feels that the boss must be partial to the male employee. Some women subconsciously think that since we are a vulnerable group, we should certainly get more attention and care. But in today's competitive workplace, who will take special care of others for no reason? Sometimes, in fact, women just don't get special care, but that doesn't mean they are discriminated against.

This difference is really interesting, and there are many reasons for this difference. If we study the psychology of men and women in the workplace, it is not difficult to find that women say that their workplace status is usually compared with that of men; Men, on the other hand, always compare with their past status. Most women think: compared with men, they are still in a weak position in the workplace, and some aspects are only superficial fairness; Men, on the other hand, found that women began to appear in many fields dominated by men in the past, so they thought that women's status in the workplace had been greatly improved, while men's status had declined.

In addition, men's "social expectations" are high, that is to say, the society exerts great pressure on men, which leads men to internalize this standard, demanding that they must get ahead, have a house and a car, and let their wives and children live a life with a certain quality. They must be in a strong position at work, otherwise they will be considered not excellent; In contrast, society does not have such expectations for women.

In this case, men's self-demand is naturally higher, and more time and energy are allocated to work, which objectively causes men to develop better than women in many fields. Men take this for granted, while women feel that they have not been treated fairly.

Ability discrimination

In the workplace, women's ability is often questioned, and many people think that women's working ability is not as good as men's. There are men and women in the world, but they are divided into different social groups according to different living standards and educational backgrounds. My point is that the development and situation of different people in the workplace cannot be summarized by gender. If we pay attention, we will find that women are better than men in many professional fields, such as basic education, preschool education, sales in some industries, nursing and so on. Also, the employment rate of female students in Fudan University was higher than that of male students last year.

I don't think it can simply be attributed to "discrimination" that women are less developed than men in many fields, such as less promotion opportunities. Psychological research shows that from the perspective of ability structure, there are more men who have the necessary qualities of leading talents, such as calmness, introversion, tolerance, humor, tolerance, resilience, etc ... These characteristics are the basic requirements for promoting cadres, in contrast, the proportion of women with these characteristics is less. This fact has both physiological factors and self-role orientation.

As an enterprise, we always consider the interests first. Female employees have fertility problems, can't travel alone, can't go out drinking with their bosses, etc., which may lead to the recruitment of sons over daughters. My view on these issues is that it is useless to rely solely on appeals, and we should rely more on legal constraints to improve the social security system.

Fertility discrimination

From the objective facts, due to the physiological differences between men and women and the different social roles they assume, women's working status in the workplace is indeed not as stable as that of men, so they are objectively at a disadvantage in the workplace. According to relevant laws and regulations, female employees cannot be dismissed during the "third phase", and basic wages and benefits must also be guaranteed. Under the premise of not dissolving the labor contract of the female worker of Sanyu, the employer must also hire someone else to undertake her work. The rising cost of employing people may also cause personnel confusion in a small scale. Therefore, it is for this reason that some units agree not to get pregnant within a few years when recruiting female employees. Some recruiters admit: "It is certainly ok for women to do these jobs, but most of the girls who come to apply are at the age of marriage and childbearing. After working for a few years, they will get pregnant and have children. Most of their energy is focused on family rather than career, but their treatment is the same as that of men, so we are more willing to recruit men. " Obviously, this is the social responsibility that employers are evading. Women have the social function of giving birth to children, so it is natural to spend more time on children and families. This is an objective requirement of social development, and should have been supported and helped by the whole society, including employers. However, some employers only consider their own economic benefits, think that women's pregnancy will affect their work, or have doubts about women's working ability.

Secondly, compared with men, women's "effective career before marriage" is relatively short, so it is relatively difficult to develop their careers to a certain height and lay a certain foundation. Generally speaking, female college students are all around the age of 20-34 when they graduate from college. Suppose she gets married and has children at the age of 30, there will only be six or seven years in between. After she gets married and has children, her professional status will be more hindered because she has to take care of her children and family, which also leads employers to pay more attention to whether to choose women when recruiting.

Promotion discrimination

Although the current promotion opportunities mainly depend on the performance and ability of the work, many times women will be discriminated against when they are promoted. Although many women have strong working ability and rapid promotion, they are deeply liked by men because of their outstanding appearance or good relationship with their bosses. Such people will cause jealousy and discrimination among other female colleagues. In addition, women will also be discriminated against by sex when they are promoted, which is also the suspicion of some enterprises on women's ability.

However, women can only be affirmed by others if they work hard. Social and economic development provides more opportunities for women. How do working women who still play a special role in family life view their careers and families? Some people advocate starting a career before starting a family. They think that after a person gets married, his willpower and spirit of struggle will be exhausted, because family life is inevitably trivial. Others think that marriage will kill women's personal charm.

Women who advocate starting a career first are all devoted to their careers when they are young. When they have a successful career and want to get married, they often have high demands on men, and would rather die a fair death than be ruined. Many white-collar women have never been married for this reason. There are also some female managers who advocate getting married before starting a career. They believe that for self-made people, before the age of 26, it is just a dormant period, which is a slow learning process. At this stage, they often engage in some auxiliary work, not senior managers. At this time, they will become domestic children first, and then devote themselves wholeheartedly to their careers, so as not to suffer because of the need for childbirth at the critical moment of their careers.

Many sisters will complain that their ability is not worse than that of their male colleagues around them, or even their performance is higher than theirs, but it is always not their turn to get promoted and raised. There is such a situation. But it is useless for us to complain blindly. Still have to calm down and prove better performance to the people around you.

Measures to improve women's disadvantaged position in the workplace

Career, temperament open the way

As for how women find their own career destination in the workplace, some experts believe that they can make a detailed analysis of women's internal character and external ability with the help of some professional means, and then determine the starting point of industry work by integrating the industry situation. The unique temperament attributes of women are perception, beauty, communication and intelligence, which are also several advantages of women's employment. Industries with these characteristics, such as consulting, administration, finance and human resource management, etc. , are in line with feminine attributes. According to some surveys, in addition to maintaining the leading edge in human resources, legal work and consulting industry, positions such as market, brand management, market research and analysis, planning and public relations management have also become new choices for women in the workplace. Let temperament open the way and choose a career that suits you, and you will have a good career start.

Change the status quo and actively promote it.

Career counselors believe that in the current workplace, the competition for a position is often fierce, and there will be some embarrassment of either going to work or leaving. Based on the consideration of job stability and risk avoidance, women naturally appear passive or even retreat compared with men in this respect. At this time, for women who want to be promoted, it is necessary to avoid this mentality. If they are not satisfied with the status quo, they must actively face the resistance they encounter in their work promotion.

Take the initiative to find the breakthrough point of promotion.

Most female friends are immersed in their work and can bear hardships more than men. They are full of ideas of "working hard and not believing in promotion", but they are often ignored by their superiors or taken away by their colleagues. Women's introverted personality is easier to show than men's, which is also related to their family education in their growing experience. Almost everyone is trained as a good girl by their parents, and a good girl who doesn't fight for it is obviously going to suffer in the workplace like the battlefield. Career counselors advise women not to work hard in obscurity, but to let their bosses or colleagues know that personal efforts and achievements are another breakthrough point for promotion.

To overcome sensitivity and suspicion, promotion needs to go into battle lightly.

Women are naturally delicate, sensitive to things and feelings, and more easily influenced by the external environment than men. They are easily troubled by trivial matters in the workplace and always worry about negative factors. Even if they seem calm on the surface, their inner repression will always linger. The result of thinking too much is the accumulation of inner anguish. If you can't vent properly, it will cause psychological imbalance in the workplace, which is very unfavorable to the orderly development of your career. Therefore, it is urgent to overcome sensitivity and suspicion, so that we can easily go into battle in the smoke-free battlefield in the workplace and win the final victory with wisdom and ability!

Pay attention to coordinating life and work.

In a survey on the main obstacles to women's promotion in the workplace, 34% people think that the birth problem will lead to the interruption of women's career, 32% people think it is related to their own behavior, and the rest are gender discrimination and concern for the family, both of which are equal. It can be seen that the obstacles to women's career development are mostly caused by their own physiological and family factors. Knowing the problems, we should make corresponding countermeasures in advance, actively deal with and deal with various problems at home and at work, and remove all obstacles in career promotion.

With the further development of society, women play a more and more important role in the workplace, and their status in society has been greatly improved compared with that in the old society. Women are no longer ignored by society and the workplace, and there may be some gender discrimination in career development, but this situation is gradually improving. Now female friends just need to dig deeper and treat themselves positively.

Finally, female professionals should also pay attention to the supplement of corresponding knowledge and skills in their career development, and do not blindly participate in various vocational skills training. The absorption of knowledge also needs effective planning, so as not to waste time and energy. We must work together on the road of career development.