The Problem of a Lack of Female Leaders

The articles by Shiao and Wolfe both presents adequate arguments and statistical studies but on further examination, I find the article by Shiao ‘ Why we don't like women bosses (and why it matters)’ more compelling and persuasive for the organization and therefore urge you to present this one to be handed out to the different heads.

Society might have progressed from when women just stayed at home to care for the children, but we are nowhere close to seeing them as equal when it comes to positions of power (Vivian Shiao,2016). Even though world is globalizing and slowly but surely mindsets are getting progressive, there’s still a basic gender stereotypical mentality revolving around women. Women have long been confined to playing the part behind the curtain particularly because of the nature allotted role of giving birth to species and taking care of them. This has lead to challenges for women that aspire to enter and further rise in the professional world. While Shiao ‘Why we don’t like women bosses (and why it matters)’ and Wolfe’s ‘Do men make better bosses (no and here’s why)’ both focuses on the conventions on women being capable for senior positions but being victims of blatant discrimination, Shiao talks about females not being preferred in workplace as bosses and Wolfe elaborates on women being more engaging in the corporate world and outscoring male managers.

Shiao, being a Singaporean journalist and a graduate from National University of Singapore has a realistic and accurate insight on the work culture and beliefs here as she, in her article stated that 76% of employees in Singapore prefer a male boss over a female one whereas Wolfe presented a more standardized study majorly revolving around the western countries elaborating that women are deemed to be superior to men in competency and leadership skills.

As compared to Wolfe, Shiao makes a greater use of the ethos, pathos and logos instrument to persuade the readers as she opens her article with statisticsto provide the readers with factual reality of women in the workplace and further closely adheres to the emotional aspect and need of women to be given opportunities at the key positions by providing examples of previous female leaders and their struggles at the top level like Hillary Clinton who was subjected to sexist stereotypical perspectives in her presidential campaign. Furthermore, it seemed to paint the true picture of the society as a whole and how it views women thus making it more relatable and generating a greater degree of interest.Wolfe does mention adequate studies and statistics conducted by credible sources to prove her point of women not only being preferred for their nurturing and forging relationships attribute but also in leadership skills and initiative, but she does not employ much explanation or examples to have a moving effect on its readers.

Although Shiao and Wolfe came to different conclusions in their articles, they shared the key similarity of shedding light on the greater need for us to put aside the traditional societal views and remove the sexist lens through which we view and discriminate women.