“Is there no way for men to be, but women must be half-workers”
William Shakespeare
The life of a woman is a series of multitasking jobs. She studies, takes care of her parents, has a career, gets married, takes care of her new family and also ensures to shape the future of her kids. In this entire cycle, her career can sometimes reach the pinnacle of success but majority of times, it takes a back seat. I’m happy to share this real ground bottom reality with everyone and overwhelming odds we face day in and day out in our personal and professional life. I know a few people would disagree with my views but I am also sure that many women dentist would agree with what I have to say
A woman dentist is considered successful if she has balanced her family and professional life.
Once women have entered a career path, they often encounter attitudes and practical obstacles to continuing or advancing in their careers. Those attitudes include insensitivity to gender, lack of female role models and mentors, dual family and professional responsibilities, lack of parity in rewards such as career advancement and salaries, gender discrimination and sexual harassment, lack of gender sensitivity, and special needs of minority women. There are many unique challenges that women dentists face in achieving professional excellence and this has been given little attention by the researchers
It is a fact that women dentists tend to juggle more in life than do their male colleagues. Let’s stop to think about that. Not only do these ladies have to handle the responsibilities of being somebody's doctor, they are quite...