When Venus Rules Mars - Female Bosses and Bossy Females

If I asked you to list your top 10 pet peeves about work, I am pretty sure "Female boss" would figure somewhere in the list. Male or female, but most of us do not want a female boss.
I was one of the few lucky ones to have a very sweet female boss, but it is hardly ever the case. (I would like to eliminate IT sector from this discussion as IT tends to have many young people who are much more open minded than the previous generations)

Females at work are classified into two types, the complacent home hugger and the workaholic subordinate nagger. There are very few in the middle ground. Most women who wish to be taken seriously at work tend to err on the latter side.

Male dominated work places, pressure of balancing personal and professional lives and also the pressure to keep the lecherous male gaze away, are all reasons why women tend to become bossy inconsiderate logic machines when at work. 

A woman who is sweet, understanding and people centric tends to get walked upon. Most men under her would not like her as a leader, because a boss needs to "hold the reins". Then there are also the rumor mongers who spread rumors of instances when she "invited" someone into her cabin or went on a "business trip" with somebody else. To counter all this, a woman tries to "be a man" at work, and again the men don't really like a stiletto wearing man telling them what to do! 

It is a tough balance and I wonder if the world will ever be able to see a female boss and a male boss in the same light. So, no matter which side you are, dear lady, you will be bad mouthed and achieving balance will be an exceedingly difficult task. 

Only when the male world realizes that a boss is a boss is a boss (this is something I picked up from my MBA classes :D) no matter male or female will this world become a better place for a female boss.

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