And 34% of the respondents encountered difficulties in getting a job
The job market is still thorny for women, especially when they become mothers. This is what a survey from Empregos.com.br, one of the largest recruiting and selection portals in Brazil, shows. According to the study, which listened to 610 female professionals, problems start even before they get the job.
Almost 45% of women have already participated in selection processes with different salaries between men and women and 34.3% have had difficulty finding a job because they are mothers. The fear of getting pregnant and losing their job is also a reality for 35.9% of respondents.
The survey also found that women’s participation in leadership positions is still a challenge. Although 81.5% of them have already been led by women in their careers, only 35.9% work or have worked in a leadership position, while the majority, 64.1%, have not had the opportunity to reach the position.
Harassment and prejudice in the workplace
When it comes to workplace harassment, half of women have already been harassed with humiliating words, gestures and situations. Sexual harassment, through comments or derogatory gestures that damage integrity, was experienced by 35.4% of them.
Only 23.2% of respondents work in companies with policies to protect women, while 57% are defenseless. A portion of 19.7% said they do not have this information, which means that some companies may have mechanisms, but not disseminate them among employees.
Another survey conducted by the Empregos.com.br portal, with 343 participants, listed the main sexist situations faced by women in the corporate world. Retention (40%) – when a woman is interrupted by a man while she tries to explain something – has been cited as the most common situation at work.
Then comes mansplaining (29%), a situation in which the man tries to explain obvious things that the woman already knows; gaslighting (18%), when the woman is manipulated into doubting her sanity; and bropriating (14%), when a man appropriates something a woman has done or said in an attempt to take credit. There are reports of women experiencing two or more of these forms of harassment.
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