Women face many consequences because the legal profession is male dominated. They are the unnatural component to this occupation and that is very hard for men to cope with at times. They are stuck in their ways and do not like to embrace change, even if it could potentially mean that it would better their law firm. Women are denied promotions, jobs, cases, etc for the mere fact that they are not male. People do not believe that they can do the job as well as a man so they are automatically denied the chance to prove themselves. In turn, women are never offered the opportunity to grow so they get stuck in positions that are not challenging them. Without a challenge, people will never learn anything. This is a major hardship that occurs within the legal field. Also, women are stuck in clerical jobs within this field. Women were never smart enough or strong enough to handle being an attorney so they often worked on the administrative side of the court and they were not able to get out of this situation.
Men use the stereotypes of women against them in the courtroom. They often attempt to dig into her emotional side hoping that it will catch her off balance and unable to focus on her case. They can convince members of the jury that an attorney is not a woman's job and that she clearly is uneducated and should not be representing her client. Unfortunately, it is not only male attorneys that think that women are incapable of doing this job, so without even saying anything they already have a leg up from females.
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