As things now stand, the office is a slightly meaner battleground than the home. Male bosses seem to dominate their women underlings as they would never dominate their wives.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Workplace hierarchies allow male bosses to dominate female employees in ways they might not dominate their spouses.
- In plain terms
- Men dominate women at work more than they do at home.
- What can you take from it?
- Workplace power dynamics often mirror but exceed domestic ones.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does power change behavior?
- Where is equality enforced?
Another view
Not all male bosses behave this way.
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