tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post5031787633161900736..comments2023-08-14T16:35:49.756+01:00Comments on Cruella-blog: Women Bosses: Line-by-line!Cruellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-84947754009649065012009-12-10T23:01:09.857+00:002009-12-10T23:01:09.857+00:00Brilliant taking apart of that piece of misogynist...Brilliant taking apart of that piece of misogynist spew. <br /><br />And yes, I love how she practically out and out says that women can't win - we are either too soft and nice ('lovely but can't make hard decisions') or too hard ('aggressive, trying to be a man'). We view the same behaviour differently in men and women, could that be it, Amanda, not that women really are all either nasty or too nice?butterflywingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16873407072604417252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-3613904794762785272009-12-10T10:41:35.220+00:002009-12-10T10:41:35.220+00:00Excellent analysis of yet another rambling incoher...Excellent analysis of yet another rambling incoherent flimsy article published by that doyen of male-dominant print media - yes you've guessed it - the Daily Male.<br /><br />Ah Amanda Platell you've used every ploy in the book wherein essentially you claim 'women are damned if they act like a man (sic) and damned if they act like a woman (sic).' But it is not biological sex differences Platell - it is all about gender stereotypes and guess what? Postive gender stereotypes are assigned to men and negative ones are always directed at women.<br /><br />I wonder why? Could it be that men as a group are terrified of women achieving even a tiny amount of equity and right to work?<br /><br />Yes Platell I too have experienced male bosses who engaged in intimidation and put-downs because guess what? They couldn't do their jobs but that barrier didn't prevent them from exploiting my expertise and then taking the credit.<br /><br />Likewise I've experienced working for female bosses who were also afflicted with the same arrogance - namely they too knew they weren't capable of 'doing the job' but same as the male bosses they too exploited my expertise and took the credit.<br /><br />What does this mean? Why that women are not from venus and men are not mars - women and men are both human and both sexes are subject to human failings such as arrogance, conceit and small-mindedness.<br /><br />But there is one huge difference between women and men and that is power. Which group has it and which group does not. Last time I checked it was men and this is why male sexual harassment of female employees is commonly dismissed as 'victimhood' rather than deliberate male sexual intimidation designed to keep women employees firmly in their place - under the heels of men.JENNIFER DREWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02112807166372869685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-69881396200183224062009-12-10T09:58:33.701+00:002009-12-10T09:58:33.701+00:00god what a nightmare. don't even know where to...god what a nightmare. don't even know where to start.<br />i have had male bosses who are gossipy, bitchy, small minded and petty, who talked about me behind my back and never took responisbility, and i have had female bosses who have done the same. why? because people are people. some people rise to the top of companies and are unpleasant. some people rise to te top and are nice and understanding and also get the job done.<br /><br />but her analysis is for a start so rambling and incoherent, she changes tack a hundred times...ugh she is so awful! and to criticse women for trying to be "more of the man" - maybe in a world where we insist on seeing things in terms of "male trsits" and "female traits" and where women are seen as "lesser" (check ariel levy on this she has excellent analysis) then women do feel pressured to be "one of the boys" and more macho than the men. i know i certainly laughed at jokes i didn't find funny that an old boss told so as not to look "prudish or uptight". it's sexism - pure and simple!<br /><br />and her comments on sexual harrassment, yes amanda, why don't women put up and shut up? why don't men pull sexual harrassment suits? could it be because women deserve and have every right to do their job without a naked man turning up in the hotel room? <br />rage!!!sian and crooked ribhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842124816056940605noreply@blogger.com