13). Also, if the black or female fails or performs poorly, then all white males will assume that all blacks and females will fail.
Society and personal influences what we are taught as children in regards to roles of females and males overflow into the work place (Hale, 1999, p 14). "Gender is a culture unto itself, raised with basic rules of conduct "Instinctively" known to all adult members of that gender (Heim, 1995, p 3). The managers of today grew up in families where their mothers stayed at home and kept house and took care of the children. They have been taught at home that men should be the bread winner and women should take care of the house. They are also taught that men are stronger and should be the leader of the household and therefore these behaviors flow into the work setting. Even the Bible states that a woman should not be over a man. These beliefs are taught generation after generation.
"Internalization and identity encompass the learning and socialization process by which individuals incorporate assumptions, perceptions, stereotypes, and .
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misperceptions and make judgments about themselves based on the way they perceive others judge them (Hale, 1999, p 3), women feel they are invisible, isolated and irrelevant within an organization, while men see them as emotional (Hale, 1999, p.4).
Men and women are different and view situations differently. Literature suggests that men do not want to give up their po9wer and are uncomfortably working with women (Hale, 1999, P.1). women feel excluded from power and feel socially isolated within the workforce. .
Job segregation another proof of gender bias is job segregation. Often times women and minorities are segregated or placed into certain agencies only because they are women or minorities. Social closure issues hold that society has defined what jobs are appropriate for males and what jobs are appropriate for females (Maume, 1999, p.
