[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by Superman

I have four sisters, no brothers. I'm probably more respectful of women than most guys. My sisters are all professional people, good at what they do. Over the years I have noticed women getting into management positions, more and more.

I have known some women in clerical positions who practically ran the programs their bosses were supposed to run, while also doing IT and other projects on the side. As they say, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did....backwards in high heels.

Today, I notice some female senior leadership who seem to be doing the same thing there. Getting the job done. Attending to the details while keeping the destination in sight. Hand on the rudder, directing crew, getting us where we want to go.

I think women are taking over, and that seems to be working. When it happens. We all know that women are more aggressive than men.* We know their brains can focus on more than one thing at a time. This is my point. There are also great men out there, but I think we've got some stiff competition.

Discuss.


* Those of you who do not yet know this, pay closer attention.

Ya mean on those days when they are not out sick or on leave? Women miss nearly twice as much work as men.

In 1998, about 4 percent of full-time workers were absent from their job during an average workweek—meaning they worked less than 35 hours during the week because of injury, illness, or a variety of other reasons. About 5.1 percent of women (including 5.6 percent of women aged 20 to 24) were absent in the average week, compared with 2.7 percent of men.

https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/1999/Mar/wk4/art04.htm