A lot of reporting that goes viral these days is just exposing to the wider world the truth about intra-female social dynamics
I don't mean that all female social dynamics inexorably lead to the fatal terminus of the Kidney story or the TimesUp meltdown. I mean that there is a distinctively gendered character to the *way* in which things go awry that is more salient as more women lead organizations
We already know a lot about the dynamics of male organizational and social dysfunction, often terminating in overt violence...
As the female kind of crazy becomes more salient, films like GoodFellas and the Godfather will give way to what promises to be an extremely interesting new genre of film; people always cite Mean Girls as the sole representation, but much more remains to be scrutinized
I have barely worked in an organization and am not fitted to play any role in them other than CEO, (I would be excellent in this role but useless in positioning myself to get there) so have a very distant perspective on the social dynamics of organization.
It is said that "queen bee syndrome" is a function of intra-female competition under conditions of male dominance. > 50 percent of all managerial positions have been held by women since the late 2000's; we will eventually have to stop ascribing everything to exogenous factors
It is said that "queen bee syndrome" is a function of intra-female competition under conditions of male dominance. > 50 percent of all managerial positions have been held by women since the late 2000's; we will eventually have to stop ascribing everything to exogenous factors
This is the sort of thing that used to be a mildly edgy Time Magazine cover, it's absolutely fine to mention it
I don't think we've had our female Bill Lumbergh captured in film -- correct me if I'm wrong -- but it has to be coming...

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