Introduction I remember a situation when Nancy, a friend of my mother, came to visit us one evening. She was very upset and told us a story that made me think about the importance of gender in the modern business environment. Undoubtedly, the American society if proud of being a discrimination free community, however, gender discrimination is very common today. Nancy is a 40-year-old woman working for a bid international corporation. She is an administrative manager but she does not have any decision making power in her company. Recently, her supervisor announced that he plans to introduce a new position: chief administrative manager who will be responsible for supervision of twenty people plus have a voice on key administrative issues. Nancy has been working for the company for 10 years. She joined the company as a personal assistant but she was valued by other employees for loyalty, responsiveness, inner-motivation to succeed and deep knowledge of her work. She has been working hard for a couple of weeks believing that the new position would be hers. However, on a day of promotion, supervisor announced that chief administrative manager has already been assigned. Nancy was ready to hear her name because she was confident that her experience as well as expertise guaranteed a promotion. However, she was very surprised to hear a name of her colleague, Brian, who has recently joined the company and lacked any experience in administrative management. Nancy told us that Brian was of the same gender, age, and race as her supervisor. The fact that he lacked any experience and knowledge on company were considered to be less important than gender and age. Analysis The story of Nancy made me think that Americans are not free of discriminative attitude. I am sure that Nancy’s supervisor made a decision to promote a person who did not fit the position only because Brian had the same characteristics as supervisor. While my mother told Nancy that the decision violated all business principle and advised her to consult upper managers on the issue, I clearly understood that the decision could not be changed. Gender discrimination is a part of workplace setting and Nancy would probably fail in her appeal to upper managers who are mostly males. I wanted to express my opinion to Nancy but I didn’t because my words would hurt her. The situation confused me because I was confident that gender-based decisions have no place in business activities. Employees would be evaluated as well as promoted based on their professional qualities, skills, expertise and experience rather than on gender or race. However, the story of Nancy revealed that it gender discrimination is still very common today. The decision of a supervisor did not benefit a company but supervisor was not gender-blind in promoting a newcomer. Teresa Amott and Julie Matthaei argued that women throughout the United States have not experienced a common oppression as women. In other words, some women became victims of gender discrimination while others enjoy equal opportunities, equal treatment, and equal rights. I would like to believe that most women did not, do not, and will not experience discrimination both in everyday life and in the workplace setting. However, the story of Nancy reveals that discri