Challenges and Underrepresentation of Businesswomen in America

Businesswomen in America face unique challenges that businessmen in the same position do not experience. They are told that they are “too soft” or “not manly enough” for leadership positions in the industry, despite equivalent qualifications. The main problem is that business women in leadership positions are under represented in today’s mass media. In a day where the path to equality is of great importance, businesswomen still endure a lack of respect and understanding inside and outside of the workplace, which consequentially keeps many intelligent and influential women from having their voices heard. Personally, becoming a leader in business is important; therefore this topic is of great importance. In order to understand why there are

In an effort to broaden the targeted audience, Redmond uses an easy to understand and straightforward approach in her writing style so not just well-read people chose to read it. The tone she uses in her writing isn’t harsh or disparaging towards men, but humble and frank. Harvard graduate and co-founder of a website entitled “Hippo Reads”, Redmond lays out examples to illustrate that women are treated differently and unfairly in business, and provides examples on how men can address the

Coming from a business background, she is in a unique position in terms of her perspective. By writing this article, it is implied that her exigence is first hand experience with workplace disparity as a result of being a woman in a leadership role. Her perspective that she gives to men is one that doesn’t use harsh tone or guilt them into feeling bad, it is gentle, potentially too gentle. Men who are influenced by this injustice, whether they are aware or not, need more than kind words and leniency to sway them in a different direction. By writing “So if treating a female boss exactly like a male boss isn’t in the cards, maybe simply thinking twice before talking over her in a meeting will be a good first step.” Redmond doesn’t display a sense of dominance that needs to be shown by women, she instead reinforces the stereotype for men to walk all over women. If men who truly want to end workplace discrimination are reading this article, then her argument and tone may be effective, but I suspect that is not the case the majority of the time. The type of men who are reading the article “How to Report to a Woman if you’re a Man” are not necessarily liberal readers with open minds. The title has a negative connotation towards reporting to a woman, as if it’s a very difficult thing to do. Her lack of a strong tone does not convince most men that