Tag: catty

More Tired Stories On Sexism

Wed Feb 06, 2008 at 10:39:16 AM PDT

I know racism and sexism sadly still exist as we often cover here, but if there is one more thing I am looking forward to when we finally have a presidential nominee it is the end of Hillary-Barack sexism-racism “trend” stories. (Die, die, die!) Most recently, MSN’s Eve Tahmincioglu -- who I normally respect -- covered an MSNBC.com/Elle survey that even women prefer male bosses. Oh. My. God.

Hillary Clinton might want to sit up and pay attention to results of our exclusive survey on attitudes in the workplace…

While more than half our 60,000 respondents said a person's sex makes no difference to leadership abilities, most who expressed a preference said men are more likely to be effective leaders.

Of male respondents, 41 percent said men are more likely to be good leaders, and 33 percent of women agreed. And three out of four women who expressed a preference said they would rather work for a man than a woman.

The survey, conducted early this year, found a bonanza of stereotypes among those polled, with many using the optional comment section to label women "moody," "bitchy," "gossipy" and "emotional." The most popular term for woman, used 347 times, was "catty."

Okay, let’s take another look at that. More than half the respondents said “a person’s sex makes no difference.” But it wouldn’t be a sexy news story unless we profiled some scary, catty, insecure women so there goes the spotlight on the minority of those respondents. Who are these freaks anyway?

And even though the survey did not ask the respondents who they are going to vote for in the primary -- or if they are even Democrats! -- Hillary must be tied in there somewhere. Someone gouge my eyes please. Grrrrr!


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