So, in the matter of diversity, where do women fit in? Well, hopefully we are included if the diversity is true. While at Penn State’s main campus for the 2011-2012 school year, I was included in the Women in Engineering Program Orientation (WEPO). While in this program, we learned how we as women are able to succeed in a male dominated field. This program was so inspiring to me because I, personally, have always done things..not so expected of a girl. I was always what some would call a “tomboy.”
Besides that, there have been many studies that prove women can be just as effective as men in a leadership role. Women can be responsible, organized, and anything else a leader needs to be. A leader is not about brute strength or macho essence, it is about what you do as a leader and what you do for your followers, and how you do it.
In many organizations, a woman may come in and become a leader. There are always those people that do not want to accept that a woman will be able to do the work. With education and training and leadership instincts, men or women can do the same work. Everyone has their own styles, but that makes them unique and possibly the great leader that they may be.
Women have been looked down on in leadership positions since very early in time. Women could not get an education, and some could not read or write. They were expected to be in the home, in the kitchen, cooking and cleaning and taking care of the kids. That has changed in the recent times. Now, women are being looked at more and more as equals. While we have not gotten there 100%, the world is making great progress. We will get there, and we will be successful in whatever we take on.