Blog Post #8

In today's society despite the fact that most of people are trying to breask free of stereotypes, I can affirm that there is an "escalator effect" and a social pressure undergone by males working in the "Female" professions.

Williams, Christine L. "The glass Escalator: Hidden advantages for men in the "Female" Professions". Men's lives, 5th ed. S Kimmel and Michael A. Messner, Ed. New York: Allyn & Bacon,  2001, 211-224, Print

This article shows us the contrast existing between females entering male-considered jobs and vice versa. Williams demonstrates that while women are facing a "Glass ceiling" keeping them from pretending to higher positions within their jobs, men are undergoing a "Glass escalator" that pushes them towards more valuable, and higher positions within their jobs even though they're not longing for them.

The author of this article is Dr. Christine L. Williams, the Department Chair Professor of the Department of Sociology of College Liberal Arts. Besides, she is using credible sources which are documented in her works cited page. So we can infer that this article is a valid and reliable source.

Williams says, "Often despite their intentions, [men] face invisible pressures to move up in their professions" (214). That quote shows us that men are being pushed towards higher positions, so it will help me support the idea that there is an "escalator effects" undergone by men in the "Female" professions. Moreover, Williams underlines the fact that men are victims of a social pressure that is keeping them from doing what they really like by saying, "Men who enter these professions are considered "failures" or deviants..... these stereotypes do not seem to deter women to the same degree that they deter men from pursuing nontraditional professions" (221). Thus, that quote will corroborates with my thesis of men undergoing a social pressure.