Posted on 04/04/2008 8:41:54 AM PDT by blam
Aw Jeez, not this..........
Like this is new or something?
I don’t lose my temper...I just give it to someone deserving. ;)
Now THIS really ticks me off! :`)
all kidding aside, professionally it does make a difference if either man or woman get angry. It all depends on how they demonstrate their anger.
Losing control is not good for either professional male or female.
period.
SO WHAT?
If my (female) boss were to say - “I think I’m gonna cry”, which actually I believe she has said - that’s just fine.
Women are not men.
Men are not women.
If my former (male) boss were to say he was gonna cry, I would want to run the other direction.
As Sarkozy might say:
“Vive la difference!”
Let us never, ever change. :)
I disagree with the writer of the article entirely. I find that I have little respect for men or women who lose their tempers frequently for poor reasons.
Who’s crying? Let’s talk anger.
It’s not professional for your male or female boss to tell someone to f off, or to shout down someone in the office place.
BTW, the female boss who cries because she’s so angry loses a step on the corporate ladder, IMO.
It’s called: L-I-F-E
I suspect that anyone who chooses “gender bias” as the subject of their doctoral thesis is likely a very angry person.
If you live in close quarters where you can overhear your neighbors, watch other people’s reactions when a loud argument is heard coming from one of the dwellings.
If it is a woman’s voice there is often amusement expressed by the involuntary audience, but if it is an angry male voice, there is often fear and concern among those that can hear it.
In the work place I guess there is some of the same, a woman’s anger is seen as frustration and impotence, and a loss of control, whereas a man’s anger is more likely to be seen as a prelude to change or action.
That crying thing is a bad one. It happens to some women: when they get angry, they cry.
But you’re right: anyone who gives an employee a tongue-lashing out in front of someone else - ANYone else - is a poor manager. Male or female.
You’re right.
Now that I think about it, I 100% reject from my own experience - the premise of the original article.
Getting angry, is dumb.
In fact, when a guy gets angry, there’s probably far more negative impact on others’ perception of whether they’re comfortable around him.
Upon reflection, the article is just another leftist “glass ceiling” propaganda blurb.
“when I said give it to me I will mail it to him, she said sure, picked up the box, through it on the floor and put her high heal through it (picture frame) and handed it to me, smiled, and said she hoped he enjoys it.”
High heels huh, I think I’m a little turned on. Is she good looking?
LOL!
I thought I was the only one intrigued by that story. :)
Anyone else witness this VP’s inappropriate behavior?
Any manager who lets someone, male or female, get away with that kind of behavior isn’t a manager at all.
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