This article talks about the various comparisons between men and women and who society feels is a better leader. There are even results to a characteristics survey that asks the public whether or not, for example, they believe men or women are more stubborn? More decisive? The results are rather interesting.
The article attempts to understand why so few women have made it to the highest levels of political or corporate leadership, stating a few reasons being because of gender discrimination, resistance to change, and even the “old boys club” excuse. However, the public or people surveyed never state that women lack what it takes to be a good leader. In fact, seven of the eight leadership traits measured in one of the surveys rate women as either better than or equal to men. So then why the drastic difference in leadership roles between the sexes???
In fact, the characteristics survey shows that people find men to be more arrogant, more ambitious, and more stubborn and women are showed to be more emotional, compassionate, creative, honest, and outgoing. And both genders are said to be equally intelligent and hardworking. I may be naturally biased by being a woman, but if I had to choose a leader based on this survey, the right choice seems pretty apparent.
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/932/men-or-women-whos-the-better-leader
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