After reading the article “Does Female Ambition Require Sacrifice?”, I am able to better understand how women stereotypes can happen in Hollywood as well as in the real work world. Natalie Portman is breaking the glass ceiling or the “Labyrinth” by having a baby, getting married, and winning all of these awards. When looking at the Labyrinth, Portman is overcoming the stereotypes that are placed on women in the work force.
There is also a prejudice that women take care and men take charge. It is also said that people are expected to avoid behaviors that are incompatible with the stereotype. This means that if women are stereotyped to be caring, warm, and sensitive, then they should act that way. Portman is not steering away from these stereotypes and is still boldering right past the barrier to the top. She has the ambition and has a hungry need to succeed. However, she has proven that she has not had to sacrifice or give up any of her personal life to succeed.
Although Natalie Portman is not a business women becoming a CEO, she is an example and an inspiration to many women. This story shows how any women can still be married and raise a family, as well as still rise in the business world. Women must work past their stereotypes and not let them get in the way. Usually when people adhere to their stereotypes, they don’t ever break past them. Do you believe that in order for women to succeed in the business world and break past the glass ceiling, they will have to sacrifice traditional “norms” of womanhood? In other words, will being ambitious and power hungry cost a women her family or her “outside of work” life?
To read more of the article click here Posted By: Laura Whisenhunt
I believe that women are going to definitely need to adjust the amount of woman hood norms to a lesser amount. Being a mother is already a really hard job by itself let alone having a full time job at the top of corporations. Positions like these need a lot of time away from the home which means less time with their families. However i still feel that this adjustment wont effect families as a whole. If women have been able to focus their lives most of the time in the past on their families than men can easily make that same adjustment. I feel that men would have no problem taking over these roles if their wives are bringing in a lot more money.
ReplyDeleteThat being said in my opinion i feel that women in more powerful positions could really help families in the long run. More money can lead to more happiness since most families have the argument over money at one point in their marriage. So if women were to have a substantial income like that of a CEO than that fight could end.
Posted by: Jim Link
I do believe that women may have to sacrifice some of the traditional norms in order to have an executive ranked job. These types of positions require a great amount of time and effort and that may hinder the amount of time that a woman can spend at home with her family. A woman must realize that if her goal is to attain a higher position.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the leadership labyrinth, women, in general, have somewhat less work experience than men due to their responsibility for child rearing and domestic duties. This may be a large reason why some women do not receive top positions in the same amount of time as men. That being said, women all over are able to successfully work out a balance between work and family time and that is the key. I do not believe a woman has to sacrifice her desire for a family by any means in order to attain a top position, if she truly has the ambition and dedication for both.
Posted by: Amanda Goetz
I agree with Jim and Amanda that women would do need to sacrifice some of the “traditional norms” of womanhood if they want an executive position. I believe this because many of these executive positions can carry long hours at the office, meetings, and/or business trips. Some of these requirements could not only be exhausting but it could also bring problems to the family. So I believe if more women want to be in the top positions, they will need to understand how to balance the amount of work and energy it takes to be in the top positions, as well as being able to fulfill her responsibilities with her family.
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