An Analysis Of You And Your Boss Wife

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You and Your Boss’ Wife: A Tragedy of Tradition You were passed over for a promotion in favor for a man, and it turns out it’s because your boss’ wife is unemployed. This may seem like a stretch, but a 2014 study from Cornell University has found that a man’s marital circumstances at home completely changes how he views women in the workplace. Which means your boss hasn’t been promoting any other women at work either. As it turns out: it’s not you, it’s your misogynistic boss’ wife. So what exactly can we do to stop the rampantly negative views of women in the workplace? A good first place to find our answer may be in understanding where this issue stems from in history, and maybe see how women usually take care of these sorts of men. Tradition …show more content…

To him his actions come as natural, but they’re actually created by a fictive force of tradition. This is how any long standing societal attitudes persist through generations. You and I will “tradition” more completely arbitrary beliefs onto our own children, however hopefully leaving the societal oppression of women out of the next …show more content…

The woman here is expected to align her goals with “family centrality,” meaning her full time job is at home with the kids while dad brings home the dough. The Cornell study concludes that men in these sorts of marriages will view women in power as incapable, that their workplace operates less smoothly, and even that they view women in power as unattractive. Even worse, single men’s positive views of women shift negatively if they marry into this role. Because you’re already a working woman, the study suggests you’ve got the raw end of the deal. Your boss makes an astronomical amount of money to support his wife at home, but because she doesn’t have or need a job, he treats you

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