So,
what are your personal feelings about gender and leadership? And how do you
think you formed these
personal feelings?
I
feel that many women are well suited for leadership. Just looking at the
demographic of our leadership class illustrates this fact. There are nearly
equal men to women. There is nothing wrong with women working in the home as
wives and mothers. That is a tough job that takes tremendous leadership
ability, but women also deserve a shot at leadership outside of the home. Men
should have a chance at working in the home too, without any stigma if that is
what they want. There are too many unnecessary stigmas and barriers for men and
women both. I think my beliefs on gender are so progressive because of my
background. I was a foster child and a teenage parent. There have been many
people in my life telling me what I could and could not do, some reasons good
and some bad. When I grew up and became a woman, I had a hard time being told
no just based on my gender alone. Everything else can be changed and improved,
but I cannot stop being a female. This is why I am so head strong and
independent. In addition, it is the reason why I am so insistent upon a career
that will give me power and authority. I
have never had much power or authority, but I think I will rise to the
occasion. Every woman should be given opportunities for power and authority,
because the same desire for it in a man would never be discourage.
