Women In Politics

            When comparing different aspects of the working environment, you can clearly see the lack of women in many important areas of the Canadian society. Men usually run large business corporations, in Parliament there’s mostly men, and people in the work force are mostly men. This I believe is due to the misconceptions of women. Most businesses believe that women won’t be a suitable fit for their company or for the job position. The company’s specific fear is the relationships that these women will have and the outcomes of these relationships. By that I mean will their employee get married and have kids and become distracted from work. This thought alone is one of the main reasons that women are not being given the same opportunities as men are.  Which also leads to women not being as confident as men are.

At a lecture given in the TED studio by the COO of Facebook named Sheryl Sandberg, she talked about the difference in men and women in the workplace and gave 3 things that women should do in order to make it farther in the workplace. Sit at the table, make your partner a real partner and don’t leave before you leave. The first rule means being proactive during meanings and sitting at the table to be more involved. Make your partner is a real partner means splitting up the work between husband and wife, because often times the female in the relationship tends to do the housework which creates more work. Thirdly, don’t leave before you leave means the manager always feels like he or she needs to be the last one out, but realistically that’s not necessary. All three of these factors contribute a lot to why women aren’t always in better paying jobs or involved within the Canadian government.

This all contributes to the reasons why women aren’t in high power job positions and not in positions such as Parliament and the Senate. Basically showing that the system s failing women. There should be set rules and regulations about how many women can be in power and how many men can be. It needs to be more divided and give women the opportunity to be involved with the Canadian government. But I don’t blame the system entirely, I do blame some women as well who want the chance to do it but have never tried to. With the combination of Canada advantaging the disadvantages and women taking the steps to be in these position, Canada will be on it’s way to creating equality amongst it’s Parliament and Senate. 
You can watch the Sheryl's speech by just clicking here!

Sheryl Sandberg