I’ve only had one female boss in my career. She was by far the worst - totally ineffective as a leader so having to resort to fear to manage. She was also a flaming moonbat libtard, which probably had more to do with it than her sex. We didn’t get along well at all.
Nope.
Funny that they did not bother to ask people to draw an INEFFECTIVE leader as well. They’d still draw a man.... because what they are focusing on is the adjective, not the noun. The first thing the mind does is to try to figure out how to visually represent the description “effective.”
I can’t answer that, i’m barefoot in the kitchen cooking.
My husband said he pictured a liter of cola lolol..
The best female leaders I know of, are effective precisely because of their femininity- not in spite of. Those women who are openly sensitive, caring, and nurturing. They are maternal. And maternal influence can have a powerful sway with building trust among both men and women.
A homemaker can run a household, and a woman can be a CEO, or direct a film cast and crew. Yesterday I posted a thread on Becky Hammon, the first female assistant coach in the NBA, head coach of a championship winning team during summer league...and currently in the running to be the first ever female head coach of a men’s NCAA team.
The Times, never very stable, has lost its mind in the era of Trump. It even has invaded their food columns - something the Guardian hasn’t bothered to do.
IMO, women should only have leadership in the home: cooking, cleaning, gardening, raising children, doing handiwork. Leadership over men? No. If she did those things that come naturally to her she would not have time to work outside the home. Proverbs 31 woman comes to mind.
Most men have a natural gift towards leadership. The rare woman like Deborah in the Bible or Margaret Thatcher who earned the trust of the people are such exceptions. Most women are not cut out to lead, including Sarah Palin.
One can’t have it both ways. One can’t say that women have a more cooperative or collaborative way of working together and then complain that people don’t see women as leaders in an older, individualistic mould. And of course, it’s not like women are all alike. Some probably do fit into the Boudica/Joan of Arc/Thatcher pattern. Others don’t.