Posted on 02/15/2009 3:20:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
Women are less tolerant of each other than men are, according to a new study which may explain why some women prefer to have a male boss.
The research, published in the US journal Psychological Science, found that women formed a negative view of their peers much quicker than men did.
The team from Emmanuel College in Boston asked male and female college students to rate their room-mates under different scenarios.
When asked to judge how they would rate their room-mates if they carried out a single fictional act of negative behaviour, after they had been otherwise completely trustworthy, women were far more likely to be critical of them.
Men, on the other hand, were much more tolerant.
Women were also more likely to switch to a new room-mate than men were.
The authors, led by associate professor of psychology Joyce Benenson, concluded that women were harsher on their peers because they expected more from their same-sex relationships than men did.
They wrote: "Women may simply weight negative information more heavily than men do, because negative information disrupts the establishment of intimacy, which serves a more important function in same-sex relationships for women than for men."
While the study did not take place in the workplace itself, it would appear to back up previous surveys that have found women prefer to work for a male boss.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Women are so supportive of each other yet...can be their own worst enemies.
So many millions could have been saved by just asking me.
Women Less Tolerant of Each Other Than Men Are, Study Finds
Tell me something I didn’t know. I’d rather supervise a thousand men than 10 women. (I have supervised women, I know of what I speak).
Umm.
No kidding.
This is not a surprise. The people who seem to speak worst of women are......other women. Usually, however, its when they are (alone) one on one with a man. This applies to women talking about other (individual) women or the gender as a whole. I have heard women say things about their gender that a man would never dream of saying (aloud).
I have concluded that it is because many women see other women as ‘competition’...in all things.....
“Women are so supportive of each other yet...can be their own worst enemies.”
You are correct. I was talking to a woman the other day about that Rihanna/Chris Brown thing and the woman (an African-American) said “well you don’t know what Rihanna did to provoke Chris Brown.” So much for supporting a sister.
And I'd rather work 12 hours a day in a foundry with all men than in a plush, climate-controlled office with all women.
Although, to be fair, the place I work in now has a lot of women and we all get along, with the exception of one. But that's very rare, and the first time in my life I've had an environment like I do now.
You can file this under the "Grumpy old men are grumpy" research.
Harumph!!!
/johnny
thats why they didnt ask you. They needed that grant.
So much for that “for the people...and by the people” crap.
Self ping for later reading
They need a survey fot this? Just speaking from my experiences, men have a “code of silence” I guess. They very seldom turn against each other. Women however...you don’t need to be every where because they are going to report every thing each other does. They watch the men too.
While women can be intolerant of each other dosen’t mean it is safe for a man to offend one woman in a group.
Anyone who's worked with women in a professional setting (or even seen them interact in a family) could have told you this without spending a dime. I've seen women who are intelligent, kind, strong, fully developed emotionally and professionally say terrible things about each other (behind their backs, usually). I've never understood that.
>It starts early, middle school and high school girls can be vicious !!!!!
So can college-girls.
That one “informer” can make a long day though.
Sometimes ignorance and blindness are mistaken for tolerance. Let's face it, men can be thick as bricks.
No kidding. It’s not even safe for a man to join in on a group of women bashing another woman. You might get away with it once or a million times or you may not get away with it at all.
You can supervise women? Damn.
My Mother taught me that years ago.
My Mother taught me that years ago.
You can supervise women? Damn.
It’s sorta like herding cats.
Sirach 42:13 “..harm to women comes from women”
I have had to tell guys before...don’t joke and tease with the women. They might think it’s funny now but if you ever make one mad...they don’t forget stuff.
They had to do a study on this? Oh please. I have supervised and been supervised by women. Give men in either case any time. Women can be so catty and mean and don’t forget a slight. Men usually won’t take offense at something a woman would, they take things was too seriously.
I have 4 sisters and no brothers.
Nuff said?
Men don't forget either (when they care to remember, that is). They just call it "business" and get away with it. A woman remembers and it's somehow always personal, a man remembers and it's business. I've worked in places where men are damn nasty, but it's always "just business."
I’m the oldest of 4 sisters too. Nuff said, except I did have one sister that didn’t tattle on me (much). We both had stuff on each other.
I don't get your point.
/johnny
.. but but the world would be so much gentler if women ran things ..
I’d say women are catty, but then I’d get hurt.
You'd think she'd find some other way to make a living.
Good one!
I’m the oldest but I have a near twin in one sister because we were born 10 months apart. She and I ruled together as long as I knew my place. (she’s ruthless)
You were wayyyy ahead of me with the catty reference.
Oh my goodness - you deserve superhero status!!!!
LOL!
“Women Less Tolerant of Each Other Than Men Are”
“Surprise surprise surprise”...GP
That's not what I meant. I mean that what is mistaken for tolerance is often a case of just not knowing what the heck is going on -- and I don't mean just among the women in an office.
It's easy to appear affable and tolerant when you're blissfully unaware of the trouble you and/or others, or your policies, may be causing in an office. Haven't you ever had a jolly male co-worker who was dumb and blind to the problems he was creating?
Catz can't be herded. They have one conditioning mode. They can associate a certain sound with food. Think can opener sound and the cat comes running.
My catz are trained to "Soooieee, pigpigpig, sooieee!" Just because it ticked off the ex.
/johnny
She may just feel that it is her job. Girls are raised to watch others. Our babies....we are taught how to watch them like hawks. We were also raised under a “fair” law and learned how to cry to momma if we thought we were being treated unfairly. Some are very verbal about it but we are the enforcers of safety and justice:’)
I'm tellin' ya, we could be on easy street... :-)
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