Sunday's New York Times Business section ran an article, A Sisterhood Of Workplace Infighting by Peggy Klaus. Klaus, a leadership consultant, writes about women mistreating women in the workplace--"limiting access to important meetings, withholding information, assignments, promotions; or blocking the way to mentors and higher ups." I'll admit, I was infuriated as I read this. Is this another example sensationalizing the portrayal of women as overemotional, backstabbing and bitchy? Sally Helgeson, author of The Female Advantage, conducted research demonstrating that women managers, in contrast to men, spend more time helping people and their authority comes from connection to people rather than distance from those below. Dee Dee Myers, in her book Why Women Should Rule the World, writes about how women give away credit to their detriment because they place such a high value on teamwork and building relationships. Carol Evans, CEO of Working Mother media has built a thriving conference business that fosters women networking and mentoring other women. What is your workplace experience? Have you been a victim of female bullying? Please submit your comments.
Female Bullies in the Workplace: Hype or Reality?
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YES! I have always been friends with women (girls, etc...) BUT my expierence has been that women will stab you in the back without even thinking twice!
A woman and I (same peer group) started emailing each other talking small talk, likes, dislikes, etc... I asked if I have ever offended her she said no and I said, if I ever do please let me know. She said she would... we continue to email, she leaves me cookies at work, I bring in some chocolates and leave some for her, etc...
Out of the blue - she turns me in for sexual harrassment!
Things are out of control... no impact on her, she turned me in so now I'm the outsider in this situation that both she and I caused and we both had equal hands in it.
I never said anything sexual to her and even though she said that she would tell me if I ever did offend her, she simply disregarded that and turned me in anyway.
I believe that women CANNOT be trusted at all, the equal rights policy is out of line - there are no equal rights; they all favor the women.
I am so glad you are fighting back against this mysterious strain of anti-woman backlash. Women undermining women is an idea I have only heard bout in the media; I have never heard it from a personal acquaintance. I have been undermined many times at work by men; I have never been undermined by a woman at work. I am a woman construction engineer and in my experience, when women see each other on a job site, it is all we can do to keep from running into each other’s arms. It is so nice to have someone around who looks like you, communicates similarly to you, has similar work – family issues, etc… I am always curious to hear the stories of other women in my field. I am fascinated about how they got there, and what their experience has been. I have always felt supported by the women I work with. I have always tried to go out of my way to be helpful to them. I have no idea where this other stuff comes from.