Essays on Gender Roles

The purpose of this essay is to summarise an academic article on “Knowledge Combination Capability and Innovation: The Effect of Gender Diversity on Top Management Teams in Technology-Based Firms” by Ruiz-Jime´nez, Fuentes-Fuentes, and Ruiz-Arroyo (2016), published in the Journal of Business Ethics. Study objectives The overall aim of the study was to...

Women remain an integral part of the history of the aviation industry. However, the stereotypes which portray women as inferior are having a crippling effect on the aviation industry (Zirulnik, 2014). However, despite being looked down upon for a long time, women have indicated a relentless desire to concur their...

The mining industry is currently faced with skills shortage which in turn affects staffing negatively. Mining companies struggle to remain viable and profitable considering the skills shortage. Historically, mining industry has been a male dominated industry with very few women finding their way in the industry right from the entry...

            Gender representation in the contemporary art is vital in the shaping of the societal perceptions and self-image development by individuals in a particular society. Stereotypes often lead to distorted images and expectations with a section of the community especially the youth always struggling with issues such as self-esteem and...

Brene Brown enlightened me on various aspects of vulnerability. My initial misconception was that vulnerability was a weakness. This notion seemed to be consisted with Brown’s audience’s reaction, as most of her listener had the same misconception.  The speaker made me understand that vulnerability is all about taking emotional risks...

Deliberations on the role that gender-based diversity in the top levels of management plays in the performance of organizations have been raging for ages. Ruiz-Jiménez, Fuentes-Fuentes and Ruiz-Arroyo in 2016 attempted to contribute to the topic through their research focused on knowledge combination capability (KCC) and innovation performance. Their study...

Culture is a type of social norm and conduct which is manifests itself in a human being. Culture is a well-thought-out central perception in Anthropology, incorporating the assortment of phenomena that are pass on through social wisdom in human civilizations. Some features of human conduct, social practices such as way...

The gendered relationship can be considered to be a subset of social norms under which men and women are united as social groups in the society, covering aspects of power and control over resources. Throughout history, males and females have struggled to comprehend the complex differences, but embrace the wonders...

The media through television TV shows depict diversity in families as well as the gender roles.  Gender roles are presented since the society has chosen to accept them; however, it is enhanced by the media (Stamps, 2017). This paper will analyze the following three TV shows based on how they...

As Amartya Sen (2001) expressed, evidence of gender inequality exists all over the world that can be expressed in cold, hard statistics, such as the number of missing women in developing countries. According to the conflict perspective in gender privilege theory, “Continued domination by males requires a belief system that...

Gender differences are often associated with the sex differences. Some scholars assume that the actions of women and vary because of the variation in the functionality of their brains (Sammons, 2010). The assertion can be true considering the fact that women and men experience not only chromosomal differences, but also...

Choi, P. (2010). Genes and gender roles: Why is the nature argument so appealing? Psychology,     Evolution Gender.             The author of this article notes that sex differences results in variation in behaviors. He argues that most of the observed differences in behaviors are as a result of genetic...