Posted on 04/10/2005 6:15:01 PM PDT by CHARLITE
"This phrase is inevitably trotted out every time some "strong woman" needs to excuse her failure, which is usually due to pissing off everyone around her, male and female."
Wasn't Omarosa a "strong woman"?
I agree.
Who?
I watched a couple of episodes to laugh at the contestants. I believe it was last season. It featured an Asian woman who flashed her panties at men on the street for $20 a peek to help raise funds, and a black man who told her privately that he was siding with her against the other guy on the team. They ended up in the Board Room and when the black man saw the tide turning against the Asian woman, he backstabbed her and told Trump that she was dragging down the team. It was pretty funny seeing how slimey they would be for a chance to win.
First lesson in journalism school: don't lose all your credibility in the first eleven words. :-)
Does this have anything to do with the topic of the apprentice?
How about the one young woman that had some sort of breakdown or withdrawal reaction?
True, but I turned off the first series because I got tired of it being stacked in such a way that the women could use sex to win. They would be given tasks like selling lemonade on the street or running a bar. The men would have to use salesmanship to attract customers, while the women would put on low-cut minidresses or hot pants and sell a glass of lemonade for $5, with a kiss or a fake phone number tossed in. Whenever Trump would demand to know why the women made more money, I'd yell at the screen, "Because hot-looking young female prostitutes will always make more money than some guys running a lemonade stand!" About five weeks into it, Trump's female assistant finally reprimanded the women for acting and dressing like Times Square hookers, and then the results evened out and a man went on to win.
Believe what you will. Being professional, competant, and personable will get you much further in business than being "strong".
The old "men feel threatened by strong women" crap has been trotted out more often than Jesse Jackson uses the Race Card. And for exactly the same purpose: to close down the debate by slapping on a victim label. Men aren't threatened by strong women; men are resentful toward obnoxious jerks (of either sex).
In one season the women kept winning week after week after week. They must have won 6 times in a row. It really demoralized the men.
And didn't they look like father & son as they toddled off together, arm in arm? I swear, Branson looked like he had found a son. My impression of Branson week after week: weenie!
"First lesson in journalism school: don't lose all your credibility in the first eleven words." :-)
I think the author just wanted to start off with a catchy, upbeat, enthusiastic opening........just to attract the reader. A writer with enthusiasm for his subject doesn't blow his credibility for that feature alone. :)
It's not the enthusiasm that is the problem: its the admission that they have been 'absolutely captivated' by 'The Apprentice' that sinks it for me! ;-)
My "reality" foot!
Jus' as wrestling is "real".
I tried to watch it, can't stomach it. Back to Archie Bunker.
Well, I guess we know that Chris really is that edgy, and he didn't win.
I don't think any of us who follow that show were surprised to hear that he was arrested in FL for losing his cool. :-)
Some men, and some women, are threatened by a strong person of either gender. The "can't we all just get along" people hate leaders.
Thanks for spoiling the ending. Now I can't watch it anymore.
I think the blonde Mary Kaye saleswoman is going to win this season. They have to have a woman win this season. Whether it's right or wrong. She's very good.
I still liked that John guy who got canned a few weeks ago. He got overconfident though. I do like the woman you speak of. Competent, yet flies under the radar for the most part.
You're both right
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