I’ve temped all over the place and I’ve seen some female-dominated workplaces where the only males that didn’t get run out were the fey, gay, persuasion.
These environments were mismanaged by any standards, however.
Yeah, I’ve seen that too. I also think, even from some personal experience, that since many HR departments are themselves run by females or supplicant males (be they fey, gay or whatever) that they screen out straight males for the ‘regular’ non-professional positions.
I also think that the non-confrontational passive-aggressive management style shown in Office Space came about as a result of the large-scale presence of non-professional females.
Being well dressed is equated with competence and/or the strength of an argument is directly related to the loudness of the voice/level of sarcasm.