Yet women continue to struggle to transcend biases against them. Women are expected, first and foremost, to care for the home, children, other family members and their spouses. Unlike their male colleagues, women with demanding professional careers are expected to maintain their duties at home often with little or no help from other family members. While pressures to conform to traditional roles may come from boyfriends or husbands, many African women say that, more often, difficulties emerge from their own families and their in-laws. In some cases, families look down at the careers chosen by their daughters or sisters.
Women journalists struggle against negative stereotypes about women in the journalism profession.
The image is that women in this field take on some of the more harsh male social behaviours. You have to move away from those restrictions, not just saying, 'I don't like it,' but doing something about it, and being able to withstand the pressure. Ltd. Such assumptions about women's roles in society and in the home have clearly kept women from the arenas of power and leadership. It is assumed that women cannot or should not work long hours, take on difficult assignments or travel for business. As women attempt to move into management, they must fight to gain acceptance in a new role as a professional and to create an acceptable balance for themselves between their lives at home and at work.