tition. Furthermore, a statistical study conducted by Ely in 1995 showed that in the elite MBA schools, only fifteen percent of the students enrolled were females. This shows how still today the upper-level education system is sex-segregated.This concept of hegemonic masculinity has been deeply shaped and emphasized by the media, the television and such movies as Rambo. However, Collinson says that our sense of masculinity is shaped by ones sense of personal freedom and independence. In addition, James Messerschmidt says that man maintains his masculinity through socially structured practices. Such as gathering with friends in a bar. One reason that the workplace is still gender-oriented is because of the unequal distribution of household labor in most families . Men are favored because of qualities associated with masculinity and a research study showed that for a man and a women occupying the same job, the man will sometimes be paid more than thirty percent more than the woman will. However, some men have a different perception of their masculinity. For the past twenty years some men have started working more and more in women-dominated fields such as elementary school teaching or social work. In fact, in 1990, more than 500000 men were involved in professions such as librarian, social work, nursing and elementary school teaching. Some of these, when asked, said that they didnt had any problem with that kind of job and that they felt happy and fulfilled . Others also said that it was a good alternative to male dominated careers because they usually received preferential treatment and their advancement is facilitated. This is what author Williams refers to as: The glass escalator . She developed this theory by conducting several research studies and she came to the conclusion that men working in these professions get advancement easier and faster than women will, because they are the only authority figure in this envir...
