“Women” are like this, “Men” are like that?! Really?! I’m a person who happens to be a woman. I am not “like” anything because of my gender. I’m a real person.
Men have hormones too. Some more than others, some better in control of them than others, some the same as female hormones, some different. Why? Because men are honest-to-goodness people, and people have hormones. I have seen testosterone fueled competition, deception, back-stabbing and estrogen-fueled same; I have also seen testosterone fueled awesomeness and estrogen-fueled same.
Why do men so often prefer working with women? Why do people so often seek out same sex, no wait, opposite sex friends? Why do men so often hate their male boss? Why are all these questions both possible and misleading and provoking all at the same time?
Because people are not all the same. Even women people.
I’ve worked in all-female groups that have rocked, I’ve been the only woman on male teams that have rocked, and I’ve been in mixed groups that have rocked, and each of the above have on occasion sucked, largely depending on the team members and most especially the boss. But which do we pull out and ask about?
Anyone stop to think that the mere & constant posing of a question like this predisposes the responses?