Summary: Four Works For Women At Work

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In the last passage of What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know by Joan Williams and Rachel Dempsey (2014), the topic of discrimination towards women within different ethnic backgrounds is brought to attention. One significant point that I found to be interesting was the difference of stereotypes when it came to Asian women. Asian women are stereotyped as hardworking, ambitious, and more competent than white women. On the other hand, Asian women, as opposed to African American women, are stereotyped as more feminine; Asian women are expected to be more passive, delicate, and courteous. Although when it came to the Maternal Wall, one lawyer remarked, "They see us as hard-working—we'll work seven days a week, 24

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