Women don’t really get abusive until they’re promoted to management.
While most of the women in management at my current company are competant individuals, I have seen at other companies the phenomenon of the woman who "overasserts" herself because she feels she needs to intimidate everyone, especially men. What these DUMB BROADS don't realize is that you should only turn on the intimidation signal in certain situations, OTHERWISE folks will see it for the BS act that it is. For men, this comes naturally, women seem to be a little retarded in this area.