We have also been trained not to ask for things for ourselves (stepping outside our gender role of being service- and other-oriented).
He said he imagined Dame Judi Dench would make a fitting Brutus, but said his production aimed for historical authenticity, not gender role reversal.
More fundamentally, however, is the violation of gender role boundaries that causes the impression that moms will be inattentive workers, and turns up the heat of employer and co-worker anger against working mothers.
Split by gender, the chart raises a lot of complex questions about wages, quality of life, emphasis on leisure and the role gender plays.
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While many factors, including interest level, contribute to female representation in management, research shows that gender bias also plays a role.
The truth is gender plays a much stronger role in politics in the United States that most of us would like to admit.
International Jazz Day aims to promote intercultural dialogue towards eradication of racial tensions, foster gender equality and reinforce the role of youth for social change.
Collectively these and other women leaders are playing a vital role in highlighting the gender dimensions of climate change.
The Working Group shall consider a range of mechanisms by which these stakeholders may provide input to the U.S. Government on its role in preventing and responding to gender-based violence globally.
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland calls for ending discriminatory practices such as child marriage, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu points out the important role of men and boys in achieving gender equality for girls and women.
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This Nobel Prize is thrilling and exciting, as a ringing endorsement to the courage and the fearlessness of three women champions from Africa and the Mid-East, and an acknowledgment of their nonviolent role in promoting peace, democracy and gender equality.
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They are living examples of the central role of literacy in promoting human rights, gender equality, conflict resolution and cultural diversity.
The lack of female role-models is an oft cited barrier to gender equality in entrepreneurship.
Liberal parents will see in its feisty heroine a role model to help their children grow up without gender bias.
Participants shared their assessment that education is simply not yet sufficiently effective in promoting genuine gender equality since stereotypes remain strong with regard to women's role in society.
They yearned for the straightforward clarity of an earlier era where gender roles were obvious and technology didn't play such a central role.
Prof Athene Donald, a physicist and gender equality champion at the University of Cambridge also feels a lack of role models is partly to blame.
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Haller-Jorden cites European corporate culture, perpetuation of gender-based stereotypes, exclusion of women from informal networks and a lack of role models as reasons behind the discrepancy.
In a nation where gender remains a contentious issue, women are normally not given chances to play a lead role in business despite the high percentage of females in the workforce.
When it comes to gender expression, don't assume that the person wearing the pants at the wedding plays a dominant role in the relationship, she said.
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