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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.

[chinasyndrome]

Err...just a guess but maybe it's because [quote]they get *beep*,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.quote]

I know it sounds odd. Especially the sports thing. Oh, and the drinking thing. What puts we mere males at a distinct disadvantage is that we can't go ballistic once a month and then have automatic forgiveness and understanding.

[Roger]

A guess from someone who speaks both French and German and has lived in countries using these lingos:
Political correctness has gone over the top. I do not mean to say women need to be sports-fascinated as men seem to be, and I can't really see any reason why there should not be more women running education, but PC definitely has some impact. In France, when I lived there the trend was called "feminisation de la profession" (you get the drift).
It is well reflected in how modern usage of German and French are being doctored with. An address to a mixed-gender crowd always has to include references to both genders. There are now addresses like "Madame la Presidente et Monsieur le President..." in French, and if you open a german daily, you may well read things like "Lieber Leser, liebe Leserin..." ("dear male reader, dear female reader"). It is politically criminal to write about "Aerzte@ (physicians) without making an explicit reference to "Aerztinnen" (she-doctors).
There is a kind of affirmative action in place in various countries that helps women get to the top in the economic hierarchy without taking all the necessary steps.
Personally, I have hardly ever noticed any overt discrimination against women in the world of labour (nurses are usually females, gynecologists are overwhelmingly often males, why?). SOldiers are still males only (except in armies that have professional contingents. Kindergarten teachers are almost always women, university professors in their majority are males.

[Capergirl]

[richard ame]

Hi
I think Biffs question has not really being addressed here, the question of why are there more (a lot more) female bosses ?
The simple answer mate is coz there are a lot more girlies in this game than us man types and thats why they end up at the top of the tree,most of them in my opinion do a pretty reasonable job too,so I say more power to them, in this society they need all the help up the ladder they can muster. Sadly they do enjoy stabbing each other inthe back as wellas us blokes goes with the real estate I reckon.

[dduck]

[nomadder]

I've had my share of women bosses who can't handle any amount of power. Where there are women bosses there is usually a crap paycheque so don't worry about it. They usually are low to middle management and have to be ykw to get any higher. My last female boss was the owner too and she was great to me but maybe not so to some of the office staff.

I know lots of women who can drink to save their life though this is rarely a job requirement. Sports and English teaching? I fail to see the connection. Sports are just a diversion for male aggression so who cares.

Re: time off once a month-I've never seen it.

As to political correctness-sometimes it does go too far-seems false and forced.

Is Biffinbridge the one who wanted to push Canadian female singers off a bridge(or whatever it was) or was that some other misogynist in this forum?[/quote]

[biffinbridge]

"Red neck woman hater."...that's a first.Clearly you've had a sense of humour failure.As for the career change,I've got 10 years of qualified experience in several different countries so it's a bit late for that option.I love women I just have had some awful female bosses.Granted there are a lot more women in esl but political correctness has gone mad.I for one don't mind saying that it's largely a load of hogwash.Stick that in ya pipe and smoke it.