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[biffinbridge]

Why are all the bosses women?Based on my experiences it sure aint the talent.......they get bitchy,go power crazy,take time off every month, get all politically correct,can't drink to save their lives and are unable to name the current squads for the English football,rugby and cricket teams at the drop of a hat....so why? There must be a reason.

[woza17]

Well, Biff if I may call you by that name. I think the worst bosses I have had, have been women who have role modelled themselves on the worst aspects of male bosses. I don't like to be gender specific but I always keep to this rule a boss is a boss, they have the power.
You know I have just been made one and I will use my power for good, get rid of that bitch I hate. I can be a teamplayer but I don't think this actually works if you want things done, my last history teacher believed that a benevolent dictator was the best form of government and inviting me out for a drink, he lost all credibility with me.
Cheers Carol

[khmerhit]

Just to digress slightly-- i overheard a young woman talking to her mother a while back. She was explaining to her indulgent ma (and doubtless bewildered) that yes, she was a woman, but in many ways she reacted to situations like a man. Mostly she acted like a woman, but often she behaved like a man. In other words, she was asserting her "masculine" tough side, etc etc etc, because as they say, gender is a social construct, man. I say, socially construct this!

Anyway, you're right about women running this industry, at least at the management level. Not many men, and the ones that do are often sus. My first two DoSs were pedofiles.

[scot47]

Come to saudi arabia ! No women bosses here And it is unlikely that there will be in my lifetime. Another reason for staying where I am!

[denise]

Whoah, boys!!!!!

Two of the most incompetent directors I've worked for were men.

The two competent ones? One woman, one man.

Any relationship between gender and competence? Not that I can see. (yeah, yeah, such a small sample size--shall we do a poll about competence and gender to make for more valid statements?)

Between gender and drinking? Nope.

Between gender and interest in sports? Nope. Maybe not knowing the rugby teams is not so much a gender issue as a geography issue. I know more about baseball than many men that I know. (Granted, baseball isn't as macho, burly manly-man of a sport as some others, but still, women can and do understand such things.)


I know I'm falling right into your trap (looking to get a rise out of people?), but hey, I can't resist.



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[rogan]

Hey denise

Is there any relationship between gender and sex ? (interest in, that is )

[denise]

[grahamb]

ANY boss - male or female - who can name the current England cricket, football, rugby, mudwrestling (naked or otherwise) and tiddlywinks teams at the drop of a hat should be taken out and shot.