How to Break the Glass Ceiling

As years go by it seems that there is progress towards gender equality. Nevertheless, several researchers agree that the glass ceiling hasn’t been removed, although women, armed with the right strategies, can break it.
Author Scott M. Cutlip offers tips to fight the disparity between male and female professionals. According to Cutlip “women have to get into the game and be as aggressive as any male counterpart”. Women must also develop management skills, “think like managers, talk like managers and communicate with other managers”. Finally, women should aim higher rather than undervalue themselves and should begin by asking for better salaries and negotiate other benefits aside from salary.
Helpful as they might be, these strategies do not seem the answer to gender equality. If women show aggressiveness, ambition and assertiveness, they will just be playing a men’s part or behaving as men expect them to behave in the workplace. By acting "tough", women will be perceived as a “fake” and as “role-players”. Being tough still sends the wrong message in the workplace. It seems that women want to be more like men and they are not showing their own best assets. Even nowadays, men can be ambitious but women are still seen and evaluated negatively when they show similar traits.