... societal settings where the primary responsibility of females is of marriage and child-bearing and their role as bread earners for the family is considered secondary and thus they are not able to attain positions of power in the work setting. According to gathered data, even as the society progresses and women shift towards paid work they are unable to obtain positions of authority and power in higher level management positions from where they can influence the setting of the workplace (Jacobs, 1995). Preference is still given to men over women even if they have the same kind of education and professional skills. (Wolf, 1979) This goes in line with the functionalist sociological perspective according to which women and men have clearly specified roles in society, with women performing the expressive roles (i.e. providing children with emotional support, etc) and men performing the instrumental roles (i.e. being the primary bread earners ...

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