The Waytotheboardroom Withthedevelopmentoftheeconomy,more andmoreskillfulandcreativeelitesareneededinthesociety。Women,asa partofthisgroup,havebeenplayingamoreandmoreimportantroleinallthe dailyworks。Itseemsdoubtlessthatwomenshouldweightalargepartinthischampion group,however,peoplefoundthatonly11ofFortune500seniorexecutives women。《Nemko,730》Itseemslikethereisaninvisiblebarrierbetweenthe femaleemployeesandtheboardroom。It’scalledtheglassceiling。Inmypoint ofview,theanswertothisquestionismainlybaseonthenature。 Whywoulditbepreferredtopromotea male?Well,thefirstreasonisreallysimple:Efficiency。Althoughfemalesare alsohardworkers,theyarenaturallyledtocaremoreabouttheirfamilies。 LouannBrizendine,asaneuropsychiatristwhostudiesbraingenderdifferences, claimedthatwomeninchildbearingyearsundergochangesthatintensifytheir focusontheviabilityofoffspring。It’sapassingphenomenon,butilltimes forthosewithcareerambitions《Brizendine,36》。Thisisreasonablesince womenareoftenunconsciouslytaughttotakecareoftheirfamiliesfrom childhood,throughplayhouseorsomeothergames。Becauseofthenature,many womenchoosetoacceptparttimeworkortoquitthecompetitionofpromotion ineffortstobalancethecareerandtheirfamilies。 Anotherpointisaboutthestability。 Whilethemalesbecomemorerationalandmanfulduringtheireducation,females areratherfickleandsensitive,thissometimestroublethebusinessalot。In SusanM。Kochanowski’swords,women’sleadershipstylestobemore interactiveandtransformationalwhereasmen’sstylehasbeenidentifiedas moredirective。《Kochanowski,721》。Additionally,thebossesmayhesitate whethertheirfemaleworkersaretrustworthyandreliableenoughornot,while hundredsofthousandsoffemalesalsohesitatewhethertheyshouldengagefor theshinyboardroomornot。Inthiscase,manyfemalesgaveuptrying。Fromthe employees’view,aresearchbyFrankNewportandJoyWikeshowsthat29ofthe maleworkerspreferamalemanagerand18preferafemalewhile40ofthe femalespreferamalemanagerand27preferafemale。Thisisaquite conclusiveresultbecauseitshowsthatevenwomenthemselvesprefermale leaders,whichmeansYes,bothofusthinkit’sbettertohaveamaleleader。 Althoughthistheoryhasnotheoreticsupport,thismindasastereotypehas beenplanteddeeplyineveryone’s’heartthatleadersshouldbemales。 Another pointispeoplealwayspricebeingstrictasgoodonlywhenit’saman,but whenit’sawoman,peoplemightjustthinkshe’sabitch。It’sanaturalproblem thatincommonsensewomenalwayshavetobewarmandnicetoeveryoneinstead ofbeingstrict,orevenambitious。Anymanlikebehaviorsareconsideredtobe abitch。InthearticlewrittenbyJessicaBennett,JesseEllisonandSarah Ball,thisphenomenonisclearlystatedYoungwomenholdthemselvesback, saying,‘Ishouldn’tsaythis,askforthis,dothisitwillmakemeunlikable, abitch,oranoutcast。‘《Bennett,Ellison,andBall,727》。Duetothefear ofbeingnegativelycriticized,femaleschosetofallbackandactlikewhat theyshouldbelike。Althoughitsoundsreallysad,itisactuallyacceptable becausenomattermalesorfemaleswouldexpecttheirfemaleleadershave motherhoodemotionandcanprovidearatherrelaxingworkingenvironment,even thoughpeopleknowthattheworkisreal,whentheyfinallyfacesuchawoman whoalwaysactslikeamanit’sdoubtlessreasonableforthemtofeel uncomfortable。Thisisthedeadliestpointwhytheglassceilingexists。 Somepeoplemayarguethattherearemany outstandingfemaleelitesinthesociety,andtheyaredoingprettygoodjob。 Butjustcalmdownandthink,iftheseminorityofthewomenelitescan representthesituationofthewholefemalegroup,whataboutthemaleelites?What’s more,thosewhoarenowconsideredtobetheelites,didtheyworkjustlike themaleworkersormuchmorehardworking?Ordidtheyeversufferedfromthe invisiblebarrierbetweenthemandtheboardroom?Yesit’spossibleforwomento stepintotheboardroomandstartanewlife,butfreedomisnotfree。Forme, Idon’tneedtoworryaboutmarriage,pregnancyandthefollowingbabysitting stuffs。Butforwomen,theydo,especiallyforthosewhopreferbreastfeeding。 Althoughit’slegaltoaskforamaternityleave,womenneedtimesofenergy andworktocatchupwiththesameworkmaleworkersdid。Thus,it’sreallynot wisetoignorethemissionofvitalizationandhavingawarmfamily。 Inconclusion,thereisactuallynoglassceiling atall,it’sjustaboutthenatureandgenderdifferences。Women,asafree groupofhumanity,absolutelycanchoosetheirownwayoflivingandworking。 Butitcostalotforthemtoworkashardasmen,whichmademorewomenchose toacceptasupportingpositionintheircareerandmakeitabalance。 Works cited 1:Nemko,Marty。 TherealreasonsofewwomenareintheboardroomPracticalArgument:AText andAnthology。Ed。BedfordSt。Martin’s,2011 2:Brizendine,Louann。OneReasonWomenDon’tMake IttotheCSuite。HarvardBusinessReview86,no。6《2008》 3:SusanM。Kochanowski。Womenin leadership:Persistentproblemsorprogress?PracticalArgument:ATextand Anthology。Ed。BedfordSt。Martin’s,2011 4:FrankNewport,JoyWike,AmericansStillPreferaMaleBossGallup economy,Gallupeconomy,Nov。11。2013,Web。May。28。2014, 5:Bennett,Jessica。 Ellison,Jesse。Ball,Sarah。Arewethereyet?PracticalArgument:ATextand Anthology。Ed。BedfordSt。Martin’s,2011