Why Women Dont Ask Analysis

After reading the Why Women Don’t Ask book summary and research power point by Naomie Williams I felt this was a very interesting topic and book for that matter. As stated in the summary the main topic of the book is why women do not ask or negotiate in the workforce. This book explains many reasons why women choose not to ask. Looking at two of the reasons including fear of not being heard and afraid of confrontation stood out to me the most. While working in politics I have felt these same exact reasons before when deciding if I should speak up or let it go. More often than not I have always chosen to speak up for what I want, although it takes a lot of courage. In the book it addresses inequality between men and women in the work place

Men are looked at as powerful figures which we all know from experiencing it or hearing other stories. More importantly women are viewed as incapable of handling situations. Sometimes this holds true and more often than not it is false. There are many advantages of speaking up in the work world. If one chooses to speak up, its more than likely they will be taken serious. When reading of the imbalances between genders I learned women were asking for similar things and were equally successful of receiving what they had asked for when they chose to ask. To sum up the book summary I learned the importance of being assertive to achieve what you deserve instead of sitting on the sidelines and watching men climb the later of success. Lastly, the biggest take away from the summary was to never downplay your accomplishments and to never settle. In the research part of the power point it focused on topics of inequalities of women from the beginning of time in many different situations including work world, house hold, and

In this time women’s job was running the house and the man’s job was to be working and making money. These statements show the inequalities of this time period between men and women. More importantly this was considered the American dream as stated in the power point. In the 21st century families are the complete opposite usually both husband and wife work and share house hold chores, however there are still the traditional families where the wife stays at home and the husband is the provider. Although there are many powerful women today, men still hold much power of women. Referring back to the book Why Don’t We Ask women in the work world are afraid to speak up because of the outcomes that could follow. In short, there is still inequality in the work force and until all women are on the same page and being assertive maybe they will be viewed differently. After reading the information I learned there are still many issues within the gender of women still. There are still many who fear of being wrong or let down, but that does not only happen to women it also happens to men as