Is Female Ambition A Myth

As women advance in the corporate and home based business worlds, there is still a question as to whether or not women have the same ambition as men in the work force. With motivations involving children and family life, do women want to pursue the same career paths as their male counterparts? And if they do, then why are not as many women in executive positions as men?

The fact is that the majority of executive and managerial positions are still held by men. Overall, men are more likely to be hired and promoted within a company. This discrepancy might seem to indicate that women do not have the same desire or drive to succeed career wise as men do. And in fact, this perspective has been the dominant one for many years.

The idea sprang first from the old idea that most women want to get married, have children, and stay at home to raise families. This life path was expected of women fifty, even thirty, years ago. It was assumed that because this was the most common option for adult women, this was the option they preferred.

But as we move into the modern age of a two career household, it is time to re-examine this idea that the average woman, working or not, does not have the same ambition as a man. First of all, are the hiring and promoting trends in corporate society the result of a lack of interest on the part of women or a result of remaining prejudice and a culture hostile to female advancement? The answer, according to a study by Catalyst, a New York research group, is the latter.

The study reveals that 55% of working women and 57% of working men aspire to be the CEO of their company. This indicates that the same amount of ambition exists between the sexes and means that the imbalance of power in corporate cultures is due to another factor.

The study also found that women with children are just as likely to aspire to executive positions as those women without families. This dispels the myth that a woman with children would necessarily prefer to be a homemaker rather than a career woman as well as a mother.

The findings are clear: female ambition is not a myth. However, it is still sometimes an unfulfilled desire due to continuing prejudice and hostile work environments, as well the persisting myth that women are not suitable for executive or leadership positions.

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