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A 4 page paper which analyzes Robert
Schrank’s “Two Women, Three Men on a Raft.” No additional sources cited.
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many realities which illustrate that some things have not changed, but have only changed their outward appearance. In Robert Schranks "Two Women, Three Men on a Raft" the author illustrates
a problem he saw over 17 years ago, but a problem that is still in existence today. The following paper examines Schranks story and discusses the problem, analyzes the situation,
discusses possible solutions and the best approach to fixing the problem. The Problem The problem, as Schrank states it, involves the male need for power and position. Schrank,
17 years later, writes, "We have new laws, rules, and policies relating to women in the workplace, but what we havent changed much is the male behavior. Women have fallen
short in their goals-of crashing through the glass ceiling, for instance-because I think we underestimate the potency of the male need to maintain their power" (9). This is the reality
that was seen in Schranks experience on the raft. When they were on the raft the two men who were learning about the whole rafting experience, were essentially sabotaging,
consciously and subconsciously, any efforts made by the women. They encouraged the women to believe they could not do the task at hand, all because they felt threatened. This led
the women to doubt their abilities and never really stand up for themselves. Situation Analysis In the beginning of their trip the men were already infatuated with one
woman, Marlene, because she looked good in a bikini. After that they simply seemed to assume she was useless, a fact that she readily went along with. Marlene consistently said
she could not do something, and claimed she did not even know her left from right. The other woman, Helen, seemed to be a woman who could have shown resolve
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