Its really a matter of pride for all of us,to see woman,especially Indian woman occupying high positions and contributing their might in the progress and economical development of our country.Some may feel irritated, for me using the word, Indian woman and even felt whether it was meant to degrade them ,Not at all,It required a special Mention only because thou,our Ancestors and forefathers have assigned very high values on woman Equated them to Mother Earth,Bharath matha,and given us the status of the three important Goddesses around which, the whole world revolves the one for wealth lakshmi,the one for knowledge Saraswathi,and the other for courage and val our Sakthi.
we have been culturally tuned to donn the role of conservative woman.who have been domesticated, and trained for bringing up the next generations and for looking after the house hold activities.
Revolutionary thinkers ( woman )did exist, during different eras,but their numbers were just a few ,with not any big Margins.
The transition of woman taking part in jobs,were quite few in numbers and they much preferred to settle them selves with jobs such as teaching,,Receptionists,Telephone operators And doctors,nurse and clerical, where their roles were having limited level of comfort either feeling more comfortable communicating. with a group,which would not raise their voices because of the relationship student-teacher,doctor-patient,boss-secy,Manager-clerk,further,it was a preconceived myth that woman,by and large,were not designed to hold managerial positions,since they lacked,Executive ability(the knack of getting work done),orderly minds(often wavering )emotional stability(chicken hearted)and leadership skills
But today round 35% of woman employed in various fields are holding Managerial and above positions,which is a remarkable feat,since 3 out of 10 are leading their teams of work force.
I have often wondered how comfortable A man might feel,reporting to lady managers and executing or getting orders issued by their lady bosses
But with the existing.stastics what is stated above,I think they have taken it with ease and the amount of conflicts and ego clashes that occur between a woman boss and a subordinate man is much less
compared to the issues that erupt between a lady boss and a lady subordinate.
I have observed men not grumbling about their bosses(lady)and in fact do not hesitate to discuss any work related problems and seek their advice.While on the contrary a lady reporting to a lady boss has more heart burn stress and ego clashes and her boss occupies her mental space both at office and at home.
This again made me to think on the issue and here are some of my personal idea.
The gender difference and safe guards that a lady has, invariably makes a man to deal with her in a very cautious way and he underplays his Macho card while in work.And is very alert not to de rate or demean her which would cost his job.
Further it is quite understandable that taking orders from a woman is no new thing for a man,Being brought up by a mother and growing up with his sibling sisters, he always feels it a pride to go with their orders/views/wishes(and at a later stage from his wife)and never feels it as a insult. So the conflicts are very rare.Have we ever heard a son in law ever having any issues with his mother in law never.......
Now on the other side,lets see how comfortable is a boss- subordinate relationship between two woman, awful,I should say the first point of conflict arises,with a comparison on, intelligence looks,dressing,the amount of support or influence that they get from their men colleagues and instead of carrying forward the job assigned to them and maintaining a healthy office atmosphere they get involved in conflicts on each issue an with inflated ego the tendency of refusing to execute any order or extending a note of appreciation becomes a rare occurance and the reason behind this if seen with an emotional angle would reveal that any lady would try to exhibit the in law syndrome(mother in law or sister in law) disgust,mistrust and view the other person only on that scale and hence the level of ease and capability of women gets crushed in this process.
So it requires a real soul searching to be done by woman managers who excel excellently as a boss individually,but fall out miserably while ,handling her senior or junior woman colleagues.which requires to sheld away the personal injuries what is inflicted to her by the society and family.which remains as a ind-eligible scar very difficult to heal,giving rise to such interpersonal problems
we have been culturally tuned to donn the role of conservative woman.who have been domesticated, and trained for bringing up the next generations and for looking after the house hold activities.
Revolutionary thinkers ( woman )did exist, during different eras,but their numbers were just a few ,with not any big Margins.
The transition of woman taking part in jobs,were quite few in numbers and they much preferred to settle them selves with jobs such as teaching,,Receptionists,Telephone operators And doctors,nurse and clerical, where their roles were having limited level of comfort either feeling more comfortable communicating. with a group,which would not raise their voices because of the relationship student-teacher,doctor-patient,boss-secy,Manager-clerk,further,it was a preconceived myth that woman,by and large,were not designed to hold managerial positions,since they lacked,Executive ability(the knack of getting work done),orderly minds(often wavering )emotional stability(chicken hearted)and leadership skills
But today round 35% of woman employed in various fields are holding Managerial and above positions,which is a remarkable feat,since 3 out of 10 are leading their teams of work force.
I have often wondered how comfortable A man might feel,reporting to lady managers and executing or getting orders issued by their lady bosses
But with the existing.stastics what is stated above,I think they have taken it with ease and the amount of conflicts and ego clashes that occur between a woman boss and a subordinate man is much less
compared to the issues that erupt between a lady boss and a lady subordinate.
I have observed men not grumbling about their bosses(lady)and in fact do not hesitate to discuss any work related problems and seek their advice.While on the contrary a lady reporting to a lady boss has more heart burn stress and ego clashes and her boss occupies her mental space both at office and at home.
This again made me to think on the issue and here are some of my personal idea.
The gender difference and safe guards that a lady has, invariably makes a man to deal with her in a very cautious way and he underplays his Macho card while in work.And is very alert not to de rate or demean her which would cost his job.
Further it is quite understandable that taking orders from a woman is no new thing for a man,Being brought up by a mother and growing up with his sibling sisters, he always feels it a pride to go with their orders/views/wishes(and at a later stage from his wife)and never feels it as a insult. So the conflicts are very rare.Have we ever heard a son in law ever having any issues with his mother in law never.......
Now on the other side,lets see how comfortable is a boss- subordinate relationship between two woman, awful,I should say the first point of conflict arises,with a comparison on, intelligence looks,dressing,the amount of support or influence that they get from their men colleagues and instead of carrying forward the job assigned to them and maintaining a healthy office atmosphere they get involved in conflicts on each issue an with inflated ego the tendency of refusing to execute any order or extending a note of appreciation becomes a rare occurance and the reason behind this if seen with an emotional angle would reveal that any lady would try to exhibit the in law syndrome(mother in law or sister in law) disgust,mistrust and view the other person only on that scale and hence the level of ease and capability of women gets crushed in this process.
So it requires a real soul searching to be done by woman managers who excel excellently as a boss individually,but fall out miserably while ,handling her senior or junior woman colleagues.which requires to sheld away the personal injuries what is inflicted to her by the society and family.which remains as a ind-eligible scar very difficult to heal,giving rise to such interpersonal problems
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