The Double Standard

The Double standard. Being a Black, female entering into a business field, I have grown accustomed to this topic. The double standard is when a woman gets chastised for an action and when a man makes the exact same action, he is praised for it.

A woman in an executive role in business is a rare commodity. And often the connotation with these women is that they are ball-busters. That they are rude, conniving, perhaps sexually aggressive, and will do anything to reach the top. Male executives are viewed as normal. They need to be aggressive (usually in every sense of the word), rude, pushy, and willing to do anything necessary to reach the top. 

Why are men praised for these actions yet women chastised? I believe this goes back to the mindset of the 1950's women. The housewife that cooks, cleans, and caters to her husband. In that era, men had complete dominance, and unfortunately, that mindset has remained to this day. Women are deemed as innocent and pure, they must remain calm and often silent.

Hopefully with help of Oprah, other powerful women executives, and the new generation of future business executives (like myself), this mindset will change