This is a youtube video that I found that looks at some real statistics about women in the workplace and some reasons that could contribute to their low numbers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEBiIFHQqfE
I thought that this video was great to start with because it looks at some of the real statistics of women in the workplace. Only 16% of board members in most companies are composed of women and there are still 10% of businesses that don't have women on their boards at all.
I think that many people believe that The Glass Ceiling effect is very minimal now because there are so many more women that are going to college and entering the workforce. We see this especially at ISU where the ratio of women to men is much higher.
This video suggests that this is because of many peoples mentoring selections. It is easier for most men to build relationships with other men especially in the workplace. So this makes it easier for a man to ask for his mentor to go beyond guidance and ask to advocate and speak up for him to help build the corporate ladder. Women are set in ways of thinking that is they work hard thy will get noticed but in this fast paced world women need to be more vocal and clear with their goals in hopes of showing that they are just as capable of doing these high level management jobs.
I also think that there is still an idea of if a man and a woman become close and have a close relationship such as a mentor or other types of business relationships it is looked at as sexual or an unfit relationship for the workplace.
There are still several reasons that go into why this effect is still going on and that there is a long way to go before the workplace really will be 50/50.
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