Ezingqungqutheleni eziqoshiwe zeGallup kusukela ngo-1953, amadoda nabesifazane bathi bakhetha ukusebenzela umphathi wesilisa esikhundleni sokuba umphathi wesifazane. Ngonyaka we-1953, i-Gallup, i-66% yalabo babuzwa ukuthi bayothanda ukusebenzela indoda kunomfazi. (Uma ucabangela idatha ka-1953, ikhokha ukukhumbula izinhlobo zemisebenzi yabesifazane ababeseneminyaka engama-1950 nokuthi iningi labo abahola umholo babesilisa.) Nakuba izibalo zishintshe ngokuphawulekayo kule minyaka engama-60-eminye edlule, inombolo abaphendula ngokuthi bayothanda ukusebenzela owesifazane akukaze kudlule u-25%.
Ku-Gallup Polls ka-2013 eyabuza abantu baseMelika ukuthi, "Uma uthatha umsebenzi omusha futhi ukhethe umphathi, ungathanda ukusebenzela indoda noma owesifazane?" abaphenduli abathandana nabo bakhetha ukusebenzela indoda:
"AmaMelika asengasho ukuthi angathanda umphathi wesilisa (33%) kumqashi wesifazane (20%) emsebenzini omusha, nakuba u-46% uthi akenzi umehluko kubo. Ngenkathi abesifazane besengaphezu kwamadoda ukuthi bangathanda umphathi wesifazane, namanje basengathi bangathanda ukuthi bonke abakwa-boss bahlale. "
Ingabe Lokhu Kusho Amadoda Okungcono Kunabasebenzi Kunabesifazane?
I-poll yedatha yodwa ayigcinanga, kodwa singakwazi ukubona amaphuzu athakazelisayo:
- Abesifazane abaningi bakhetha ukusebenzela amadoda kunomunye wesifazane; Kodwa-ke, kubo bonke abaphendulile abathi bathanda ukusebenzela owesifazane, iningi labesifazane.
- Abasebenzi bobabili abesilisa abanamakhosikazi okwamanje banamathuba amaningi okukhetha ukusebenzela omunye owesifazane esikhathini esizayo kunokuba umuntu asebenze.
Lokhu okungenhla kungase kusiphakamise ukuthi akuzange kwenziwe umsebenzi wesifazane ngaphambi kokuba kube yisici lapho abaphendulile baphendula khona. Noma kunjalo, kungase kube ukuthi abasebenzi ngokujwayelekile bazizwa besilisa banamandla amakhulu futhi banethonya ezweni lokusebenza, ngakho-ke, bangase babe ngcono ekunikezeni intuthuko.
Okungafundiswa Kule Idatha
Abesifazane basabonakala bengenasifiso esincane kakhulu sokusebenza kunabasebenzi besilisa, okungenani ngezinga elithile. Ama-stereotypes angase abe incazelo eyodwa yokuthi kungani abantu abaningi bekusho ukuthi bayathanda ukusebenzela indoda, kodwa ezinye izibalo ze-Gallup ze-2013 zingase ziphakamise ukuthi uhlelo lomuntu siqu lwenkolelo nezindinganiso zingase zibe yisici:
- Amaphesenti angama-46% abaphenduli beRiphabhuliki bakhetha umphathi wesilisa.
- Amaphesenti angama-16 e-respondants aseRiphabhuliki athi okuthandwa ngumphathi wesifazane.
- Abangu-29% abaphenduli beDemocrat bakhetha amadoda nabangu-25% bathi bangathanda ukusebenzela owesifazane.
AmaRephabhulikhi ajwayele ukuba nemigomo yemindeni egciniwe engavamile kanye nemibono ehlukene mayelana nendima yabesifazane emphakathini futhi bakhetha ukusebenzela amadoda ngenkathi iDemocrats ibonakala ingacabangi ukuthi ubulili buyingcosana. Indlela ozibheka ngayo abesifazane besisebenzi kanye nendima yabo emphakathini omkhulu futhi kubonakala sengathi iyisici sokuthi kungani amaqembu athile athembele kunoma iyiphi indlela.
Abantu abasebenzela umqashi wesifazane (kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ubulili, ubudala, noma umugqa wenkampani) bangase bakhulume ukuthi bangakhetha yini omunye umphathi wesifazane. Lesimo sengqondo sizobonakala sibonisa ukuthi abesifazane benza abaqashi abahle.
Okubalulekile lokhu: Abesifazane benza abaphathi abakhulu futhi benza kanjalo nabesilisa, kodwa kungaba okungalungile ukuthi bonke abantu benze abaphathi abakhulu (ngoba bangamadoda) nokuthi bonke abesifazane benza abaphathi abakhulu (ngoba bangabesifazane).
Okwenza ukuba umphathi omkhulu angabi ncane kakhulu ngokubhekwa kobulili kunamakhono, izindlela, nezindlela zokuziphatha eziqondene nabangaphansi-ukuthi umphathi ubamba kanjani abasebenzi-nokuthi izihlungi zethu ngabanye esizibona ngokobulili zincane kakhulu ezinokwethenjelwa kunathi cabanga.