Women at Work: A Documentation and Analysis of Women's Oral Testimonies Regarding Their Experiences With and Perceptions of Bias, Inequality, and the Glass Ceiling in the Professional World

Purpura, Jessie

Publication

Women at Work: A Documentation and Analysis of Women's Oral Testimonies Regarding Their Experiences With and Perceptions of Bias, Inequality, and the Glass Ceiling in the Professional World

Purpura, Jessie

Date

2019

Additional date(s)

2019-05-19

Abstract

For my Senior Honors Thesis, I documented and analyzed the bias and inequality of women in the workplace, specifically in the industries of public relations and mass communication. I examined how women perceive the glass ceiling and what they believe has changed regarding factors that contribute to a glass ceiling and the strategies they use to deal with inequalities and bias in the workplace. I chose to study this topic because I grew up with my mother working full-time and my father being a stay-at-home dad, without realizing that this was an unconventional family dynamic that did not follow stereotypes. Being exposed to powerful, influential working women throughout my life, I care deeply about women having the same opportunities as men.