Malaysian does discriminate sexes although we always deny it. Just take any papers and just go to the classified section. You will see something like, “only for females” or “male preferred”. A closer look the position advertised and you will notice it is just the position of a sales executive.
There is also a saying that hot girls/women are easier to get a job. It is the looks that matter. You may say that these people are shallow but in reality everyone has given plus points to a hot slim girl. It may actually raise you your staff motivation or even help in gaining sales. Humans are just humans. We are still attracted to so-called “good looking” people that have being fixed in our brain when we are young. On the other hand, there is also a group of employers who do not like the fairer sex. Their reasons are that females will not contribute much to the company because of the 2 month maternity leave. I do notice that some people do have a baby every year and they are like working for only 10 months in a year and still getting paid full.
Discrimination of gender is out there and is publicly exercised. I wonder why the activist groups out there are not making any noise against it. Is it fair for general jobs to be gender specific? Something should be done to these employers who are tarnish the name of country. Some gender specific jobs such as nurse and secretary are now open to both genders. Is gender that important in determining the success of an organization?
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I was working in one company which did not give maternity or marriage leave because of one stupid reason - most of the staff were single.
Then, my ex-colleague got married and the bosses started to sweat.... LOL!
Discrimination by the bosses in public were kept to a minimum, but in private, i.e. in the office, there was plain discrimination everywhere!
One of the bosses favoured pretty girls, or girls who would "layan" him back when he got a bit whinny. The other boss liked guys, because he felt that they could do the job better.
Anyway, IMHO, I believe that this discrimination of both genders stems from misconceptions that the employer/manager has previously in life.
No doubt that the boss who preferred males came from a male-dominated family who values males because they could pass the name on to the next generation.
The other boss who preferred females, well.. was just being.... to put it crudely - horny.
So, anyone who is the discriminated gender (be they male/female) has to work harder to prove to these people that we can do it.
At times, it is tiring, but then, when you do succeed, it may change another person's perception.
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