Question

As more women enter – and stay in – the workforce, why might differences in gender roles still continue?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

There is such a phenomenon as a glass ceiling - an invisible barrier that prevents women from moving up the professional ladder and occupying high positions in business or politics.  

The phenomenon, which is closely connected with the "glass ceiling" is the "sticky floor". The concept of “sticky floor” means that women, compared with men, are longer in their initial positions in the organizational hierarchy.

One of the reasons for this phenomenon lies in the mentality of our society, which consists in the fact that leadership positions are “owned” by men. Women are considered primarily as mothers and wives, ‘guardian of the hearth.’

Also, the negative attitude of male colleagues to their female counterparts can be attributed to factors that impede the increase in the employment of women in “male” professions and represent gender-based discrimination.

The female labor force has specific features, the main of which are the “double employment” of women and the dominance of the notion of “female” professions as a continuation of the home division of responsibilities. The question arises of the reproduction of gender stereotypes that determine attitudes towards female labor at the level of society as a whole, at the level of enterprise managers, as well as women themselves.