What if I told you that only 4.6% of women make up the Fortune 500 list. That's like 23 women out of 477 men. Out of every single major company in the world, only 23 women are CEOs at these companies. Now, is this just another case of everyday sexism? or is it a deeper, more cultural, way in which we perceive women in positions of power.

Take Anna Wintour for example.

Anna Wintour is the Editor-in-Cheif of "Vogue," the most influential fashion magazine in the world. Since becoming Editor-in-Chief in 1989, Anna took "Vogue" to new heights and established it as fashion's bible. To have Anna Wintour's stamp of approval can catapult a designer into superstardom. She has quite literally changed the way we think about fashion, to see it as a work of art rather than another frivolous product consumed by the public. However, she is still subject to intense criticism from the media.

She's been called "cold" by some and "demanding" by others. She is seen as a figure to be feared, rather than one to be celebrated and respected. The woman is trying to do a job, why should she sit there and make nice with everyone she meets? But, of course, society wants women to be lovely little flowers; beautiful little things that one picks whenever one pleases. God forbid should she look a little serious while sitting in the front row of a Gucci show during Paris Fashion Week.

But, this idea of women in power doesn't just start with Anna Wintour, it's all over. Look at the 2008 and 2016 Presidential Elections for example. Hillary Clinton came under intense scrutiny from the press, often being called "shrill" or "shrewish" by many political commentators and reporters. But, looking back, she was far from being "shrewish" or "shrill." She was a woman in a position of power. A woman who was trying to make her voice heard. Yet, when she chose to do so, she was called a "nasty woman" by a man who thought grabbing women by the genitals would get him elected (to make a long story short, it did).

It also doesn't help that the female boss is often portrayed as callous and condescending in movies and TV shows. Usually, she is perceived to "castrate" her male employees, taking away their power and privilege as men. I know it is meant to be "comical" to have the female boss emasculate her male employees, but all it's really doing is feeding into the idea that to have a female boss is somehow demeaning.

This problem just doesn't happen to women on the global stage, it happens to everyday women as well. Women at tech companies and small businesses are in short supply Trans women, women of color, disabled women, etc. are also barred from even entering a leadership position. This has changed in recent years, of course, but only a very small handful of these women make up the small majority of women in positions of power.

Although women have made great strides in terms of upward mobility within their jobs, there will always be that glass ceiling that gets in the way.