Are Men Given More Advancement Opportunity In Teaching Than Women

Are Men Given More Advancement Opportunity In Teaching Than Women?
The phenomenon known as the “glass ceiling”, Is something that is often talked about in every profession. Typically when you hear this, you may assume that it automatically refers to men, getting ahead compared to women based on sex. What about the teaching profession though? The teaching profession is a desired job by both of the sexes. It may not have the highest salary available, but it does have a steady paycheck, benefits, good vacations, and time to spend with the family. But who does it better, men or women? Who does “popular society” think does it better? Men, in most professions, are seen as the ones that have a “leg up” based on their gender, but in the previous years, the teaching profession has, or was seen as a “women’s profession”. I believe that, even though teaching has been seen as a woman's profession, men are beginning to gain ground and now even started to “get ahead”. In this article I will discuss why I believe men have a better chance, now that their numbers in this field are growing, of getting a job over a women. And Is there really enough room for both of them to have equality when it comes to advancement opportunity?
“White men in these fields are climbing aboard what’s commonly referred to as the “Glass ceiling.” “Equally qualified women in these positions, seem to now be getting “passed over” for their male counterpart.” Forbes.com. The number of male teachers is growing strong and they want to work in their profession. There is no different from women trying earn a living doing something they love. If that is true then who gets the job if they are both equally as qualified? I would have to say men. With the growing numbers of men in this field, and the socially understood history that men will get more advanced positions than women, then it is inevitable that men will get hired in a position over a women while they have growing numbers.
In http://blogs.edweek.org, there is an article “Is Sexism Holding U.S. Teachers Back?”. In the article, it discusses the difference between American teachers and Finland teachers. In Finland woman in general are highly respected, due to their political and social achievements. When you think of why society has thought of women as better for the teaching professions you think of the different traits women commonly have then men. Women are more commonly seen as being “ nurturing, selfless, and compliant”. In Finland the female teachers are seen differently then they are in the U.S. “Esther Quintero, a research associate at the Shanker Institute” says that “by contrast, teachers in the United States—traditionally and predominantly female—are treated as inferiors. "Compliance is rewarded; independence and autonomy are not teacher-like,". In that she also must mean that Finish female teachers, and females in Finland in general, are encouraged to be the opposite of “compliant”, taught to be outspoken and forward. There may be something to this social thought process because Finnish student typically “perform so well” academically. Obviously if it is still a female dominated profession in Finland then women must really bring “something special” to the job. However I do still believe that with the rising number of men in this profession in America then it is more likely that they will be given an advancement opportunity.