Does gender affect one’s work?

Once I asked my parents that what kind of job they want me to get in the future, they said that it depends on my ability and interest. At that time, I think I can apply for any kind of job if I am able to. However, my opinion changed when I tried to find a part time job in the USA.

Half a year ago, I read newspaper to try to find a job. That was the first time I looked for a job. I found something surprising. Some of hiring advertisings there are words “men only” or “women only”. At that moment, I realized that a certain kind of job not only requires one’s ability, but it also concerns one’s gender.

That was really happened to me in my later job. I applied a job in a supermarket. That time there were several jobs available in different departments of the store. However, when I went to meet the manager, he looked at me and gave me the sheet for only applying for cashier. When I got that job, I found that there were no women workers in other departments except cashiers’. I talked this with one of my workmates. She said: “of course, you can work in other departments if you were a man.”