[VegasBaby]

***I think the basic problem is that powerful women are essentially wired the same way as powerful men--they're smart, driven, sometimes ruthless, and most likely self-absorbed to some degree.***

I take serious issue with this comment! You can be powerful without being ruthless and self-absorbed. I think it's more a matter of men not being able to handle a woman who's smarter than they are.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I think it's more a matter of men not being able to handle a woman who's smarter than they are.

I think we all know plenty of men married to women who are smarter than they are. The trick is for these women not to let the man know it.

[papertyger]

I take serious issue with this comment! You can be powerful without being ruthless and self-absorbed.

Elaborate please. Sounds like wishful thinking to me. How does one stave off the ruthless and self-absorbed with ambitions to your powerful position?

I think it's more a matter of men not being able to handle a woman who's smarter than they are.

And if your comment were nothing but self-congratulation, how would one prove it to you?

[Utilizer]

I think it's more a matter of men not being able to handle a woman who's smarter than they are.

And I take issue with YOUR over-generalization. I posess a slightly higher intelligence or so I have been told, and truly enjoy interacting with a woman capable of equality with Me, however I have met very few that were noticeably more intelligent than I -and please, that is not a vain or intentional insult towards women. I also have had to modify My speech at times because certain females definitely have issues dealing with a member of the opposite sex who is not the typical dumb-as-a-rock-clueless-male stereotype and is capable of communicating intelligently using words greater than the three-syllable maximum that some appear to be most comfortable with given the choice.