UNIT D - Blog 27

The competency gap between male and female lawyers is that females have to work extra hard just to be noticed and put on the same spectrum as male lawyers in the work place. Females have to constantly compete against their male colleagues so they can be seen as competent. These female lawyers have to stay longer hours and do more work just so they can show that they are great lawyers and know what they are doing. It's as if these women are invisible in the workplace and they have to do extreme amounts of extra work on top of what they normally do just to get a little of the spot light. Males are constantly praised by their bosses and colleagues for the work they've done but women that do equal or much more work than those male counterparts aren't praised for it and it's such a gendered atmosphere for these women. Both male and female lawyers went to law school and paid lots of money so they could become the amazing lawyers they are but yet they are looked down upon because of their gender.

Some consequences that female lawyers experience due to male dominance in the work place are they aren't promoted as easily as their male co-workers. Women can also be demoted because a male decides to outshine them or maybe because the firm would rather have a male take over a higher position in the company. Alot of jobs prefer to have males in higher status positions since males are already seen as dominant and this is just something else that proves gender stereotyping. Some strategies that male lawyers engage in when attempting to win a case against a woman are getting in their face and demanding answers abruptly and with loud tones in the court room. Male lawyers also belittle their questions when speaking to the female lawyers and also use attitude and rude remarks when speaking to these females. When males get like this with the female lawyers the females can lose their train of thought and completely mess up in court and forget what path they were on and this can cause a lose in court and a win for the male component.