Gender Barriers

When we are little kids growing up our parents tells us that we can become anything that we want to be. Even if it is the most ridiculous they tell us if you put your mind to it you can become it. But what happens when we get older and we realize that all the things our parents told us when we were young doesn’t come true? What happens when society tells us that we can’t become certain things in life because of our gender? Women face a barrier at some point in their life. Weather it during childhood or as an adult.
These barriers prevent women from obtaining and securing the most powerful, and highest-grossing jobs in the workforce or making their dreams become a reality .This barrier can make many women feel as they are not worthy enough to have these high-ranking positions, but also they feel as if their bosses do not take them seriously or actually see them as potential candidates. In “My Field of Dreams” written by Tiffany Forte the author talks about how she wanted to become a major league baseball player, after all she was always told she could be anything she wanted. Her parents instilled that belief system in her, but society didn’t agree. Because she was a female there was no place for her in the Major Leagues. She realized that it wasn’t something that she could obtain. Although women have strived and accomplished major goals in our society today, there are still obstacles that prevent them from getting that promotion at their job or making their dreams become a reality. The most prominent is the perception that woman do not have the courage or drive that men have.
For example when Hilary Clinton decided to run for President of the United States, most men were against her decision. Women support Hilary not because she was one, but also because she championed and understood their causes. In a male dominated society it was preferred to have an African American male as President then a woman. This consensus led the Democratic Party to vacate her