UNIT D - Blog 37

When comparing English's findings and the findings in the report I noticed that in the report it talked about women being too aggressive, having too much attitude and ill equipped to do business. In English's findings in Gender on Trial she talked about how people saw women as being sympathetic and kind and clients were more likely to trust their lawyers more when they felt a positive attitude come from the lawyer. She talked about how women gain long term relationships with clients because of their great attitudes and sympathetic natures so this obviously has a great advantage on females when they show their nurturing side. The report made it seem like women are mean angry females who aren't worth anything to companies and can't produce anything that will help the company move forward. A contrast that was in the report and English's findings was on the work/life balance program. The report talked about women being afraid to take on part time schedules in fear of losing their job or being seen as incapable of being a successful lawyer. "Gender on Trial" talked about work/life balance programs and how this can put huge pressure on females because they have a home life they need to take care of but when they come back from maternity leave or work part time schedules they are seen as less serious and not good lawyers because they can't stay longer hours and do more work like the other lawyers are able to do. These women fear they might be let go because they aren't seen as useful for the law firm.