What are the positive and negative aspects of being a female?

Question

Are there higher/more challengings goals or fewer/less challenging goals, more or fewer opportunities as a female, more or less chance for success, more or less likely to excel in your career.

Answer 1

positive is that you get to whine about all the disadvantages you have, which often getting the benefit of hiring preferences. Obviously, it is very much a function of the job and the situation.

Answer 2

Okay, here goes:

Postives:

1.We usually have pretty good endurance. When we have our minds set on something, we usually can get it done.

2. We can easily control our sexual urges -- thats a big perk! Haha, for those who choose not to ... thats there fault ;)

3. We are very strong emotionally. This is a little known fact because believe that emotional people are weak, but its quite the opposite.

Negatives:

1.We have a history of always having to prove ourselves and having to battle against the "norms" in order to accomplish our goals.

2. We can get emotionally attach to people and situations that can lead to out own self-destruction.

3. A certain percentage of women don't understand their own capablities as a female. They also false to understand the important of their own intelligence.

Answer 3

Well as a female, I know that we make less money than men do in most cases for doing the same work. I know that women are still being expected to prove themselves because alot of people still perceive men as the superior sex...I still don't get that one. On the other hand we get to have menstrual cycles, unleash PMS and hold it over men's heads that we are the ones who have the babies....

Answer 4

It depends greatly on the industry you're working in. In some traditionally female industries (teaching, nursing, HR, administrative assistants, etc.) then it's not much of an advantage or disadvantage to be female. But in traditionally male industries (finance, law, computer/technology, engineering, entreprenuership) then it is a mixed bag.

Women have to achieve more in order to command the same respect as a male peer. For instance, in law school a woman might need a slightly higher GPA than a man to be considered on equal footing--or she may have to close a few more deals or win a few more big cases in order for her boss considers her equal to her male peers. I don't think male bosses purposely discount females or thier skills, but I think subconsciously a woman is given a shorter leash in the corporate world--she's not given as many chances to slip up before her reputation goes down.

But a savvy woman can use the male dominated world to her advantage. In many business industries--banking, consulting, marketing, financial planning, or other business sales for instance--traditionally female traits (reading/writitg skills, good vocabulary, ability to relate and empathize, good memory, relationship thinking) are actually the most beneficial ones to have. Plus if you are the only woman in your office, then you can use that as an advantage; some clients might prefer your approach or welcome a breath of fresh (feminine) air--even if it's just because they want to have lunch with a nice looking woman.

But females lose out when it comes to what really matters--networking. Men know men; they stay in touch more with their college pals, and they gather in traditionally male environments--the club, the golf range, and the sports bar--, and they regularly discuss business and their financial pursuits. Women can't/don't do this as readily with other women because it's simply not advantageous. A guy might have his whole fraternity to network with, for instance--where as my sorority only produced a handful of female professionals whose connection might actually benefit me professionally one day.

Plus even if you are lucky enough as a woman to have valuable contacts, it's hard to use them. Men are socialized from a young age to network like businessmen. When women get together it's not usually to discuss the business they want to start one day or the financial markets. And women often struggle to call in a favor or ask for a job/client/advice--where men will just pick up the phone and do it.