By Aticha Tienprasertkij
Nowadays we usually believe that our world tends to have equality between men and women than that of the past. But if we take a deeper look we can see that many countries still appreciate with men more than women. Each country always has various reasons why men tend to be so important and more powerful than women including Thailand.
In the past, people in Thailand looked at men as a boss for everything because they were high educated and were stronger than women. But as the time goes by everything has been changing relatively into a positive way. People in Thailand and other countries perceive women in the better way than they did in the past. The gap between men and women becomes smaller everyday. This seems like a good sign but actually we can’t be so sure that the gap is really getting smaller in every aspect of our life. The most distinguished field within Thailand is all about the working position.
People in Thailand prefer men to work in a high position job like being a CEO and other managing positions than women. Khun Ming is another woman who has been through a tough life before becoming a CEO of a famous publishing company. When Khun Ming was young she tried to search for things she loves to do. Khun Ming and friends used to do a small business together. This first experience taught her how to sell products, how to deal with the customers and other beneficial skills in working. She finally knew what she loves at that time.
“After I knew that I love marketing, I picked marketing as my major at St. John’s University,” said Khun Ming, 49, a CEO of a publishing company. “Then I figured out that my life at that time wasn’t as easy as I thought but I kept telling myself to keep on trying and be patient.”
Khun Ming worked for a couple of jobs including being a secretary. Then, she was curious why women always have to be assistants for men and why she saw only a few women who worked at the high position jobs. She finally became a hard working woman who had a strong inspiration to reach to the top position. She worked really hard with all of her efforts and patience and finally she can break the glass ceiling and finally reached her dream. She is now a CEO of a very famous publishing company.
“I had been working for twenty five years before I had an opportunity to step on this position.” she said proudly.
She also looks after the marketing strategies within the company and takes care of fashion in a fashionable magazine. The magazine which she deals with is one of the main magazines of the company and she is very proud of it.
The old tradition of Thai culture represents that men were preferable and talented than women. Khun Ming accepts that this idea was true in the past but as the times passed by we can see that this present time many women are very talented and maybe even more talented than men.
“I think women shouldn’t let the old tradition shapes their behaviors,” she added with a serious voice. “We must stand up and let others see how good and how capable we are.”
Juthamard Komin is another hard working woman who wants to be a CEO for a big company as well. She is now a third year student of Thammasat University and also a freelance. Juthamard thinks that many companies should provide a female CEO so that those companies will have a new perspective of working. She admits that a male CEO is very keen on their works but sometimes those men always use the same strategies in their working life. She thinks that if women have a chance to be a CEO they would have new unique strategies to deal with the companies. They would have an opportunity to present women perspective in their work as well. And Juthamard hopes that her idea can partly balance the gap of equality between men and women in long terms.
For now Juthamard thinks that people in Thailand still stick with the old tradition which means men are better than women.
“Generally, people would say both genders are equal but in doing I don’t think so,” said Juthamard Komin, 21, a third year student from Thammasat University and a freelance. “Many famous companies hire men to work at the high position jobs than women. They might think that men are more reliable and responsible than women.”
But Juthamard who was very young still has a lot of time to gain tons of experience in order to reach her goal. She assumed that people in Thailand would change their perspectives and attitudes on women into a better way in the near future.
“I think people would accept more women to take place as the CEO and women will have more chance to do better jobs” she added with a hopeful voice “I hope that women will have more chance to express their thought in the society and I think the new generation people would focus on the quality of people more than which gender we are.”
In Thailand, the glass ceiling in the working area seems to be the thickest one to break. Many women have to be extremely patient to get through this hardest part in their working life. They just have a faith that women will be more acceptable in the working area in the future. They hope that the invisible glass ceiling which limits the opportunity of women would disappear or at least become softer for them.
Nowadays we usually believe that our world tends to have equality between men and women than that of the past. But if we take a deeper look we can see that many countries still appreciate with men more than women. Each country always has various reasons why men tend to be so important and more powerful than women including Thailand.
In the past, people in Thailand looked at men as a boss for everything because they were high educated and were stronger than women. But as the time goes by everything has been changing relatively into a positive way. People in Thailand and other countries perceive women in the better way than they did in the past. The gap between men and women becomes smaller everyday. This seems like a good sign but actually we can’t be so sure that the gap is really getting smaller in every aspect of our life. The most distinguished field within Thailand is all about the working position.
People in Thailand prefer men to work in a high position job like being a CEO and other managing positions than women. Khun Ming is another woman who has been through a tough life before becoming a CEO of a famous publishing company. When Khun Ming was young she tried to search for things she loves to do. Khun Ming and friends used to do a small business together. This first experience taught her how to sell products, how to deal with the customers and other beneficial skills in working. She finally knew what she loves at that time.
“After I knew that I love marketing, I picked marketing as my major at St. John’s University,” said Khun Ming, 49, a CEO of a publishing company. “Then I figured out that my life at that time wasn’t as easy as I thought but I kept telling myself to keep on trying and be patient.”
Khun Ming worked for a couple of jobs including being a secretary. Then, she was curious why women always have to be assistants for men and why she saw only a few women who worked at the high position jobs. She finally became a hard working woman who had a strong inspiration to reach to the top position. She worked really hard with all of her efforts and patience and finally she can break the glass ceiling and finally reached her dream. She is now a CEO of a very famous publishing company.
“I had been working for twenty five years before I had an opportunity to step on this position.” she said proudly.
She also looks after the marketing strategies within the company and takes care of fashion in a fashionable magazine. The magazine which she deals with is one of the main magazines of the company and she is very proud of it.
The old tradition of Thai culture represents that men were preferable and talented than women. Khun Ming accepts that this idea was true in the past but as the times passed by we can see that this present time many women are very talented and maybe even more talented than men.
“I think women shouldn’t let the old tradition shapes their behaviors,” she added with a serious voice. “We must stand up and let others see how good and how capable we are.”
Juthamard Komin is another hard working woman who wants to be a CEO for a big company as well. She is now a third year student of Thammasat University and also a freelance. Juthamard thinks that many companies should provide a female CEO so that those companies will have a new perspective of working. She admits that a male CEO is very keen on their works but sometimes those men always use the same strategies in their working life. She thinks that if women have a chance to be a CEO they would have new unique strategies to deal with the companies. They would have an opportunity to present women perspective in their work as well. And Juthamard hopes that her idea can partly balance the gap of equality between men and women in long terms.
For now Juthamard thinks that people in Thailand still stick with the old tradition which means men are better than women.
“Generally, people would say both genders are equal but in doing I don’t think so,” said Juthamard Komin, 21, a third year student from Thammasat University and a freelance. “Many famous companies hire men to work at the high position jobs than women. They might think that men are more reliable and responsible than women.”
But Juthamard who was very young still has a lot of time to gain tons of experience in order to reach her goal. She assumed that people in Thailand would change their perspectives and attitudes on women into a better way in the near future.
“I think people would accept more women to take place as the CEO and women will have more chance to do better jobs” she added with a hopeful voice “I hope that women will have more chance to express their thought in the society and I think the new generation people would focus on the quality of people more than which gender we are.”
In Thailand, the glass ceiling in the working area seems to be the thickest one to break. Many women have to be extremely patient to get through this hardest part in their working life. They just have a faith that women will be more acceptable in the working area in the future. They hope that the invisible glass ceiling which limits the opportunity of women would disappear or at least become softer for them.
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