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Kaeli Wesley

Ms.Barnes

English Comp. II

25 October 2020

Literature Review

In this essay, my topic question is How would the world be if women ran the world

instead of men? There are many reasons as to why I chose this question. I want to see what the

difference in the workforce would be if there is a preference. How productive people are with

specific genders. Or only if it doesn’t matter with people what gender their boss is. Since more

women are starting their own businesses in the twenty-first century, I want to see if a female

startup company is better than or less than a male startup company. These are some of the

questions I am using to answer the question: How would the world be if women ran the world?

All of my sources that are used for the essay have the interpretation that yes, times are

definitely changing along with the way things work and run. They each have a point of

repeatedly saying that women lack confidence, are more focused on family, and get paid less.

“women’s failure to achieve parity with men: Women negotiate poorly, lack confidence, are too

risk-averse, or don’t put in the requisite hours at work because they value family more than their

careers.” Harvard Business Review. While Moria Forbes also says, “British female executives

were paid over 20% less than their male colleagues.”. These two show that women are looked at

in a certain way with being the boss. These help me look for the why/how of this topic. These
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two quotes help me with going into other questions for my topic. These two quotes also show

that if the roles were reversed, women would make more money get more promotions, and

wouldn’t be seen a certain way in the workplace.

In the article by Travis Mitchell, he states the differences that they have are in a chart

that women are more likely to take risks. In the other resources, they mostly say women are

scared and less likely to challenge getting a raise or promotion because of the “lack of

confidence.” The data in this article is mostly different than all of my other resources. I found an

article that’s a public debate on whether men make better bosses than women. One said,

“Because men are more reliable and Mens are the great bosses because they ensure that their

company’s work environment is founded upon trust and respect. “. This source is entirely the

opposite of Mitchell’s thought process, but I would use this article data for people’s opinions on

which gender is more liked and requested. The data from these sources will help me form a

decent “what if” part of my essay.

From the articles, many would simply say your answer is men run the world better. That

is not what the question is and how the paper will be answered. These articles give the data on

how they perceive women in the workforce, how their feelings affect things, and judgment

toward the topic will help provide reversal roles and possibly show how they would work. One

misconception throughout the articles was the fact that women are always in competition with

each other. Women have and are supporting one another and aren’t just tearing one another

down. Most women-led businesses are in communications with each other and help them. The

CEOs of many retailers and big companies are men; t andey have competitiome to bring in more
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money, do things to knock others out of the race, but still, things are seen as women not capable

of dealing with competition like men do.

The information from these sources I did quote I plan to use but the rest I just read help

me get more questions and make me wonder more. Why would people see it as females being

scared while men do the exact same things while in the boss position? Is it because it’s

stereotypical for men to be in charge? Why when women can do more than men? Men are seen

as the gods of business; why can’t it be the goddesses of business? If women were in the guy’s

shoes and the world reversed stereotypes for a while, would the world be the same? These are

some of the many questions I get from these couple paragraphs, and although the answer would

never be set and final, I would like to see potential outcomes of what it would be like and why.
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Works Cited:

“Do Men Make Better Bosses?” Debate.Org, www.debate.org/opinions/do-men-make-

better-bosses. Accessed 26 Oct. 2020.

Forbes, Moira. “Entrepreneurship Offers A Way For Women To Get Ahead.”

Forbes.Com, Feb. 2013, p. 41. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?

direct=true&db=bth&AN=85350008&site=eds-live.

“What Most Companies Get Wrong About Men and Women.” Harvard Business Review,

19 Nov. 2019, hbr.org/2018/05/what-most-people-get-wrong-about-men-and-

women.

Mitchell, Travis. “2. Views on Leadership Traits and Competencies and How They

Intersect with Gender.” Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends

Project, 30 May 2020, www.pewsocialtrends.org/2018/09/20/2-views-on-

leadership-traits-and-competencies-and-how-they-intersect-with-gender.

“Download Limit Exceeded.” Supervisor Mentoring,

citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?

doi=10.1.1.462.9252&rep=rep1&type=pdf. Accessed 18 Oct. 2020.

“Pardon Our Interruption.” American Psychological Association,

www.apa.org/research/action/boss. Accessed 17 Oct. 2020.

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Elsesser, Kim. “5 Reasons The ‘Best CEOs For Women’ Are All Men.” Forbes, 20 June,

2018, www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2018/06/20/5-reasons-the-best-ceos-for-

women-are-all-men/#7667f8956a4e.