[arista]

Originally Posted by Liberty4eva

Based on your own experience, would you rather work for a male or female boss?

No political correctness here, especially since no one can see how you voted. If you don't have an opinion you must be mentally challenged.

I could Work
Under Vicky

[BB_Eye]

Generally speaking I'm more likely to be insubordinate under a man's authority than a woman's authority, because I have a low tolerance level for arrogance and smarm which many men make a point of excelling at (it's usually women who seem totally blind to this). So I'm pretty glad I have a female line manager at the minute. My head manager is male, but he's pretty a-okay.

[patsylimerick]

Originally Posted by Zippy

because you can't use your feminine charms(subtle or otherwise) on other women. I think in a business enviroment women are more competitive with each other than they would be with a man. Its a more complicated dynamic.

depends what business, of course. But in a generally male dominated domain certainly.

*ducks*

I think you're completely right. I've worked under a few males and one female in particular who specialised in their own various brands of obnoxious, but the woman was the one I could not abide. And it is absolutely because the sexual dynamic - benign as it may be - was absent. I've also been the boss; and I know that while I was respected, they also thought I was a demanding ould bitch at times. It's definitely the case that assertiveness is more admired in men and more frowned upon in women - by both men and women.

[Mr XcX]

Male boss