Examples Of Double Standards At Work

In the article “He Works, She Works, But What Different Impressions They Make” by Gwyn Kirk and margo Okazawa-Rey some main points are made. The fire main point made by Gwyn and Margo are that there are double standards at work. They begin the article talking about how “annoying the double standards are and how alone they can make you feel”. They say that supervisors and coworkers still judge females by old stereotypes. The authors claim that these stereotypes include saying women are, emotional, disorganized, and inefficient. The second main point that is made by Gwyn and Margo is showcasing difference physical examples that they believe happen frequently at work. For example they say if a man has a picture of his family at this desk, then he will be assumed to be a

I will be able to watch what I say and how I treat people and make sure that I am not using double standards. This article showcased examples of double standards that can be seen in a workplace. After reading this, I can be more aware of these examples and possibly correct them if I see any of them happening in the future workplace that I end up. Just being aware of these differences can help make women and men more equal in the workplace. One thing that this reading brought to my attention that I did not know before is that these double standards are still happening. Over the years this country has come very far in women 's rights and I was not aware that these double standards still happened in the workplace. In my experience, I have never once heard any of these happening in my 5 years of working. I was unaware that this was still a serious problem for women. Before reading this, I thought that these double standards were almost extinct, and that we have moved far past these as a society. This article brought some of these example to my attention so that I can watch out for them in the