Stereo types and

discrimination
about women
abilities at work.
Student : Mariam sardariani.
Why is there a
stereotypical approach
to women in doing
business.

What causes such an

attitude towards them.

How You Can Stop

Discrimination In The
Workplace

How can we solve

this stereotypical attitude
towards them .
• Gender discrimination comes
in many forms for today's
working women/
About four-in-ten working
women (42%) in the United
States say they have faced
discrimination on the job
because of their gender. They
report a broad array of
personal experiences, ranging
from earning less than male
counterparts for doing the
same job to being passed over
for important assignments,
according to a new analysis of
Pew Research Center survey
data.
 Women are about four times more likely to report that men treat
them as if they are incompetent because of their gender.

 About three in ten working women say they have repeatedly

experienced minor harassment at work because of their gender.

BY : pew research center

Ways Gender Discrimination Can
Affect Women In The Workplace
 Gender discrimination in the workplace can have far-reaching effects on a
person’s physical, psychological, and emotional health.
 It can be upsetting to feel unable to control how you’re treated or viewed
by others on account of your gender, and this can affect all aspects of
employment, from perceived safety of your work environment to your
ability to perform job responsibilities fully and to the best of your abilities.
 The effects of gender discrimination on women in the workplace can
include:
 Reduced productivity low self-esteem Feelings of frustration, anger or
paranoia A feeling of insecurity or fear


 Men are so much biased against the
qualities of a woman that when a
woman works excellently, men say
Gender ‘she is a man’
This prejudice suggests that men are
Discrimination: viewed as capable where as women
are by and large are viewed
Causes and incapable. Prejudice which literally
means pre-judgement, is the root
Reduction cause of discrimination of any type. It
is forming usually a negative attitude
or false belief about some person or
group in advance.
Gender
Discrimination
This is simply a judgement made in
advance. Prejudice can be both positive and
negative though it is mostly used to denote a
negative attitude.
When judgement about women is made in
advance without actually observing them,
examining their personality and working
style, it is called prejudice towards
women. Men only prove by this that they are
afraid of someone being stronger than
them. This type of negative
attitude
leads to discrimination. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY.
How to fix
discrimination
among women
We should give more information and
education about the fact that stereotypical This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC.

approach and discrimination against women

due to gender is completely unacceptable.

We must react quickly when we encounter such

a fact.


Educating and training all your workers about
what constitutes discrimination
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Pew research center