It is obvious since you do not see many female ministers, priests, or rabbi's. Just recently the fundamentalists are becoming abit more liberal with gender equality, and reinterpreting the Bible's subservient roles of women. Starting in the 1970's, the egalitarian outlook has been increasing. Egalitarians share roles, and duties are equal among males and females. Men with a high level of education accept women as equals more than lower socio-economic status men.
Negative attitudes can affect a woman's performance in a given job.
There are many pressures to live up to. Positive self concept is essential for a woman to climb the corporate ladder of success. Some Americans even go so far as to blame the working woman for the break down of the nuclear family, and for social disorganization, thus creating juvenile delinquents, or insecurities within children. As it is now in society, half of all women work out of economic necessity, whether married or single. Gender inequality is a social problem, and there are guidelines that can be followed to begin elimination of this social problem.