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.
When a man is like that, people call him an a$$h*le, and everyone knows what they mean and don't blame the co-workers for their opinion. But when a woman is like that, and is termed a female canine, for some reason her behavior is defended as by some as "strength", and the co-workers are suspected of misogyny.
whatever
"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"?
You're both right