Women In College Professors

Originally, the academic system was different; professors with Ph.D.’s became a tenured professor or were on a tenure track. Today, lower level jobs at universities, such as instructors and adjuncts, are comprised mainly of females, but do not lead to tenured positions, and primarily rely on evaluations for employees to be rehired. The statistics prove female professors must work harder at their job to be seen equivalent to their male counterparts. Fewer women are receiving tenure, which leads to fewer women in full-time professor positions.
The problem stems from several areas: females are expected to choose between a career and children, they are viewed as objects rather than humans, and the outdated notion women are always kind and nurturing.

Although today, confidence and assertiveness can be perceived as bossy. In a work environment, women are twice as likely to be branded as “bossy”; therefore, young women are becoming quiet and submissive to avoid the label (Clerkin, C., Crumbacher, A., Fernando, J., and Gentry, A. B. 2014). Women who exhibit masculine traits such as independence, aggression, and competitiveness are considered mean and unlikeable because a stereotypically female is nice and nurturing (Clerkin, C., Crumbacher, A., Fernando, J., and Gentry, A. B. 2014). After analyzing the data, women in leadership roles are penalized for acting aggressive and assertive; thus, they face a double standard.
Although it is a basic human right to be viewed as a person with the capacity for emotions and thought, women can be seen as objects rather than people. Objectification, or the action of degrading someone to the status of a mere object, is often a problem in a work environment. For example, in 2016 fifty-four percent of women had experienced sexual harassment while working (Aware 2016). Hundreds of articles give tips for females to avoid sexual harassment or objectification; however, society should focus on teaching men to respect