Female Workplace misogyny [Stylist] Issue 5 November 09

Female Workplace misogyny [Stylist] Issue 5 November 09

Women – Bitchy, emotional, food – obsessed and prone to erratic outbursts

Men – level headed, direct and decisive

Women their own worst enemies

Equality women have fought for attacked by ambitious women

Kate Walsh (the Apprentice), her nightmare working in an all female team, too much emotions

Harriet Harman backlash – female-centric abuse

Female journalist wrote, “When Harriet Harman implies her promotion is a victory for all women rather than her alone, she sounds to me like an egomaniac.

Predominant reason women cited for wanting a man in the top position – Superior decision making abilities

The Anti-sister stance – Female Workplace misogyny

To have another woman gun for her job, telling management I can’t work with her she’s passive aggressive

* Girl groups and X factor results*

Women more likely to sabotage other women in the work place

View all women as competition

Bullying institute show women chose other women as targets 70% of the time

We don’t like other women enjoying a perfect life full of money, beauty, love and success,

Particularly if obtaining that life requires a lot of effort

Female bosses rarely get a good rep

Women often aren’t comfortable with other women who get a kick out of pure power – they
shock, surprise and to some extent disgust

only dominant female is Mother- if she is not nurturing we struggle with her authority and compete against her

Disassociating yourself from other women can be a way to prove your own worth

The biggest prize in the office

Too female – Constant bitchiness, unchecked emotion, attention seeking, fashion rivalry

Women at war – emotional and financial ruin

Popular image of women being good at relationships lies a reality that blocks our ability to
support, protect and fight for each other

Understanding how patriarchy {Societies in which women defer to men; societies run by men and based on the assumption that men naturally directed political, economic, and cultural life} has got under our skin, women are crabs in a bucket

Strong motivators pull each other down to where it is sad, safe and familiar
· fear of not being liked
· fear of being alone
· fear of the consequences of escaping
· standing up for your rights and life

Other women are compelling, they matter a lot

Talented but not full of her self, successful but yet not too rich, kind but not a walkover, slim but not thin, curvy but not fat and so on

Women are held back by our inability to accept role models

Jealousy runs through our veins when we look at successful women

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