Why Do Women Prefer Male Bosses?

[@ChrisWillx]

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[@RedGreen-Blue]

How super dumb.

[@disha2932]

I have a female boss right now. She motivates me every day to work hard to switch to another company

[@RK-yu7mp]

LMAO

[@joaquin67]

😂😂

[@matthewbouton5121]

A rare gem! Keep her!

[@Bjorn_R]

You had me in the first half 😂

[@timwannell6477]

Sad to hear you’re having a rough time. Wish you well in finding a job that makes you better 🙂

[@YourBestFriendforToday]

I had a great lady boss for 6 years. She acted on logic, reason and worked tirelessly on problems. Since the. I’ve had two other lady bosses, both emotional, reactionary and micromanages everything.

[@jasonu3741]

Women look for equal or better partnerships, and at minimum equal trades in value in a relationship, the problem is they look for that even in the work place. Almost like Hypergamy but in social order, Bosses (good bosses) give far more than they receive A boss is expected to be lenient towards there employees A boss is expected to be grateful towards there employees A boss is expected to be a problem solver for there employees A boss is expected to be a teacher for there employees A boss is expected to be a leader for there employees An employee in return must only reciprocate effort and performance with the given task, there is an inequality here that most female bosses can't handle because women simply do not like being in relationship dynamics where they provide far more than they receive, men on the other hand are very comfortable giving more than they take, men naturally wont to be able to provide excess resources in that regard because men derive far more satisfaction from knowing they can lead others successfully men take far more pleasure from the status and authority that come from such relationships. best way to conceptualize this is to think of a person's first week at a good company, everyone is super friendly, everyone is introducing themselves to you, everyone is understanding of that fact your going to be slow, your getting very little work handed to you, the bosses are appreciative of everything you do you are essentially put on a pedastal the only thing you can reciprocate is gratitude as your not in a position to teach, lead, problem solve or be lenient to anyone you are just taking and not giving anything back yet. This is the position most women prefer to be in the "adored" where on the flip side a lot of men are uncomfortable in this position and try to quickly find out how can i start giving back as they want to start getting the pay, status and authority that come with leadership.

[@MPT1983]

I'm 11 years into my military career, the worst commanders I have worked with or under have been females, their style of leadership seems to go hand in hand with their ever changing moods.

[@boganix]

Omg...we used to chart our female bosses period cycle monthly to forecast when to walk on eggshells😅😅

[@Human44317]

I have a female boss after having two male bosses previously, and she makes work incredibly stressful and almost unbearable

[@wtf1231122]

Because they don't know how to deal with stress, so they make everyone else feel miserable too

[@602ent3]

I feel you 😢

[@chococat3028]

I’ve had several female and several male bosses. Overall, I preferred the male bosses. They were less nit picky and didn’t micromanage.

[@tangiechapman6219]

Me too girls

[@MrsTruthTeller]

Yep! This is the difference! Every woman I worked for felt like she was on a mission to find every little thing that I was doing wrong. Meanwhile, the men are just happy that I completed my tasks on time. Women often infantilize me and men give me independence.

[@Fibonaccisghost]

I just left a job with a horrible female boss. I've had bad male bosses, but damn the female boss was way worse. They just end up nagging you constantly, and as a guy it's a nightmare and very ineffective management.

[@Bahle_Gaji]

@Fenwick Chicklearn some nuance ya dunce

[@Bahle_Gaji]

@Fenwick Chick ah, my bad. Didn't know you were chill like that 🤝

[@bigneiltoo]

Men punch you and it's over. Women go on a lifelong campaign to unperson you.

[@bigneiltoo]

@Fenwick Chick Chuckle. What job could a female tell a man how to do? How to dress in drag maybe?

[@bigneiltoo]

@Fenwick Chick Tell that to the women. Men are too busy paying taxes and doing the hard jobs.

[@elchucapablas]

Female bosses hate it when there’s a new female employee prettier than them 😂 it’s hilarious

[@jesuscameintheflesh4725]

So true. Be careful. If you’ve a man don’t give the new pretty girls attention, otherwise your female manager will start giving you bad reviews.

[@disha2932]

This is quite true, unfortunately.

[@vanessac1965]

Then there's the way female bosses can favour handsome young men over female contenders...seen that too.

[@ernestkhalimov748]

​@@vanessac1965that's the point of this whole video

[@RedGreen-Blue]

Exactly! Women turn catty when their furs are ruffled but feel it's their right to be flirting with ALL MEN not just the Boss. I never want a woman president. They always screw things up.

[@chrisbfreelance]

The school ground mentality is not lost in adult life.

[@papertiger9845]

Exactly. Life is highschool, forever.

[@isaacennis2077]

​​@@papertiger9845It’s pretty f**ked up, ngl.

[@laneLondon-h6i]

Exactly, the mean girl mentality.

[@robertathompsonzellmer2027]

I had afew female bosses and it was bad. I was a hard worker, and I never took advantage of how I got paid. I don't talk a lot but prefer to observe. They act differently from men and female employees. With men they would put on the charm, females got treated like the Cinderella effect. They are caddy, cliques, and reward the non preformed over those that actually get the job done. Male bosses are black and white, with no micromanagement, and in return, you give a higher level of respect and get more work done. Imho

[@dianaverano7878]

Yup. Same observation. I like male bosses. Easier to please. I do my role, and male bosses are good with it. Unlike female bosses. They care what I wear, the brand of shoes I wear, the bag style, the color of my shirt for the day. Add gossips ( that I totally hate, and silent when people talk about their life)

[@vovanminh999]

Female bosses some of them don't like you just because the way you look, and they love sweet talks or kiss ass, i have observed that some people behavior like shitty person but they like those people and someone are nice but they are very quiet just do their job got treated very bad, we live in a crazy world, cold world.

[@isaacennis2077]

Recently, my assistant managers & co-workers at Dollar Tree, who are young black women, tried to act like thugs to me. I was one of the newest and most reliable employees doing cashier and floor associate. I was almost going to knock these heifers out. I don't care about women calling me names, but when a woman feels comfortable getting deep in my face like she about that life, like Babe Ruth..."I'm knocking shit out of the park." They never treat the other men like that, but try to treat me like that. I'm '5-"8 & 22 years old. The heifers were from '5-"1, '5-"10 to even '6-"5, ages were between 25-35 years old. I didn’t even give a two weeks notice before leaving. My head manager/boss, who was a nice, polite & feminine jamaican woman, almost like a mother to me. She was a bit disappointed that I was leaving because she said I was very reliable and responsible on the job. Also, they are very short on staff too, especially cashiers like me. But hey, shoot yourself in the foot, it's nobodies problem, but your own...Isaac Ennis: "pick up the pieces b!*ch, it seems my skills are needed elsewhere...sayonara😎🫡."

[@brokenhalo2001]

@@vovanminh999 100% I just wanted to come in do my job and go home, I was always working the late shifts so hardly saw my manager. But my god she did not like me for not caring about how the company is doing or wanting to listen about her 3rd marrage or kissing her ass like everyone else did. I just want to do my hours n go, simples. Got to the point when even a doctors note was not good enough and would put all sorts of bs on my record.

[@GenXJen]

With my last work team (all female), I got to the point that if I swore that if I heard one more pre-meeting squawk about shoes I was literally going to go postal. I need rational, I need logical, I need someone capable of making decisions, I need someone willing to be brave and demonstrate leadership, I need no narcissism, I need to not work for idiots.

[@dresher0121]

you need a man then

[@markaurelius61]

You mean you didn't need more emotional labour?

[@informationyes]

@@dresher0121 Nope studys show woman show great leadership skills now and also studys show increasing amount of men have prefenrence on the gender of their boss

[@dianaverano7878]

Yeah been there too. One of my former work area are 99% female and they talked about lip stick the entire day. I dont like such topic or even gossips. So I am silent all thru out. And was the " difficult one" to deal with in the group

[@Manny123-y3j]

I was once in a 3 hour long meeting with 3 women (I was the only male), and even though they talked constantly the entire 3 hours, there was no point to anything that was said, and the meeting was completely pointless and a waste of time from the standpoint of the work we were doing. This was early in my career, and I remember being kind of blown away by the experience.

[@Penddraig7]

Every woman I have ever worked with has said they prefer male bosses to female bosses

[@Penddraig7]

@@bperez8656 it ain’t about you though, it’s about women, hence I didn’t give my personal preference/opinion

[@legalfictionnaturalfact3969]

well yeah, male bosses are easier to fool. lol

[@legalfictionnaturalfact3969]

@@farqueueman so you're saying that the sexes think different things because of their sexes? ok, so that should let you know that your position is no more correct than a woman's. moreover, the female is the arbiter of human life. that level of responsibility means that the non-reproducing sex should defer to her best interests. recognizing this - usually unconsciously - is the basis of male egoic freakout.

[@Penddraig7]

@@legalfictionnaturalfact3969 that’s not the reason they gave, put it this way, if a man was to say what they said, they would be called sexist and misogynist

[@legalfictionnaturalfact3969]

@@Penddraig7 sweetheart, if they'd given the reason i stated, then i wouldn't have to comment here and correct it. lol males are not oppressed on the basis of their sex. that's why it doesn't "go both ways". oppression goes ONE WAY. by definition. that's why there are slurs (b) you can call women, but only insults for men (dickhead, etc). slurs and insults are different due to social context.

[@puddles609]

I'm a female boss, I hope people don't hate me. But the boss's that I've hated were women. I try to take into account why I hated them and make sure I don't act in the same way.

[@pax3974]

Odds are they dislike you, especially the women. However, the truly unfortunate part of these situations is, that because we've created a grossly effeminate culture whereby feelings matter more than anything else, you can never know what people really think about you, or what the actual truth of the matter is. Working with women is a nightmare for the *sole reason* that truth and honesty go out the window, and are replaced by feelings. Normally, it wouldn't matter how difficult a situation is, because challenges can be worked through, but if you don't have honesty and trust, then even the smallest issues become insurmountable problems. Women were forced into the workforce under the guise of feminism and "progress", all within the space of 2 generations, and society was obviously maladapted to handle this relatively sudden change. Unfortunately, I think this has actually done more harm to women than good, because previously people just assumed women weren't competent at certain things (because nobody really knew) but now we're *seeing it* all around the world. Doesn't seem to be enough self-awareness to stop the damage being done either. I'm not really sure how women are expecting this to end well for them.

[@bigneiltoo]

We all have a female boss. It's called Human Resources.

[@n1ghtofthedead411]

Don't let personal preferences get in a way with real evaluation of someone's work.

[@lenoakes2450]

She gives an overly complex answer, perhaps some truth in it, but also perhaps not. The answer probably is that through hunting and large-group games, males are trained up about what leadership requires. She kind of gets there after a while, but only after much apologia.

[@bbbbbbb-y3u]

when woman act hyper aggressive (which alot of female bosses do) they tend to go overboard because that sort of behaviour coming from a male boss would get the male boss punched in the face, if not in the office, it would happen outside the office. since they threat of violence doesnt deter female bosses, they way it does men, its not uncommon for female bosses to overdue their passive aggressive, and aggressive behaviour . not saying thats you, just something to keep in mind.

[@southerner66]

As a man, I've worked for several female bosses with no problem, but I noticed that the same women tended to be much harder on their female employees. I've never been able to figure it out.

[@DavidtheNorseman]

As a man I've worked the same for several female bosses with no problems, too. Some were actually good to the women under them as well so they were just good people. I think women are more aware of other women's foibles. Was at work the other day and one of the younger ones said she'd done something productive and one of the older women turned and told her to kindly quit with the lying. The younger one blushed and giggled and admitted she hadn't actually done the task. I think women see through other women more easily than men just as we can tell a scoundrel male seemingly much more easily than women do (you shake your head at what women will buy from a cad..). So women don't cut other women the slack men do. Then there are jealousies and that strange point system they seem to use to measure each other with (a point for a man, points for children, points for x, y, and z etc..). The good female bosses set those aside but not all are good people. A lot of praise on my part for the good women I've worked for and especially those who looked after the women in the office fairly, too.

[@Macheako]

@@DavidtheNorsemancool, so you can keep working for women, but we’ll work for men 😂❤ I’m 100% game lol

[@DavidtheNorseman]

@@Macheako I've worked for more men than women LOL Some of them were great - saints who treated everybody well and gave us all the tools and support we needed to do our jobs well...one was a sociopath and a psychopath all rolled into one...in fairness that man treated all men or women badly regardless....best boss I ever had was....myself :-) Need to get back to *that* gig :-)

[@bennewnham4497]

Queen bee syndrome.

[@bensheard3969]

Typically if women see an employee who is more attractive or shows potential they see it as an actual threat in their lizard brain.

[@ronmexico5908]

The common thing is that people that don't like themselves try to make those around them miserable like they are instead of fixing what's broken inside them. Society/psychology tries to normalize the dysfunction but it does nothing but perpetuate itself

[@faithfitness6434]

Hundred percent. We have to work on ourselves or we bleed our problems onto others

[@RedGreen-Blue]

well said!

[@Raphanne]

It really depends on the woman. My previous boss was à woman and I absolutely loved working for her. She was à very logical, factual and solution oriented person. She was responsible of her actions, and let me do my job without interfering as long as my results were good. She fostered à productive environnement and I don't know a single person who disliked working for her, men or women. I could talk to her about anything. What I respected was also that she didn't feel threatened by other people. She is smart, incredibly compétent and succeeds in everything she does, so she doesn't need to put down other just to feel better about herself. She climbed to the top of her field and worked for the président of her country. What mattered to her was compétence, results, responsibility, productivity and harmony. Other female bosses I had, it was another story. This is going to sound conceited, but because I´m tall, blonde, thin, with blue eyes, happily married, good at my job, and because I live in an east Asian super compétitive society where physical appearence is paramount, I notice that *some* women will instantly and irrationally hate me from the start. I see it in their eyes from the get go. I also notice that the least competent they are, the more (passive) agressive they will be. They will start to micro manage every single détails, make remarks about my physique, be uncooperative just to assert the small amount of power they have, and create problems uselessly. Also, they treat others as children. With mâle bosses, the only time I had a problem was when I was single and they wanted to sleep with me. Now that I´m married, I don´t have this problem anymore and the mâle bosses that I have behave as the first female boss I described. So yes, based of my expérience, statistically, I prefer working for a man, even if I´m a woman.

[@darnellbaird206]

I'll use you as an example as to why women and female leaders don't get along. As a male employee, if my manager is 'bad', I work with them while working on my ultimate plan (leave, exceed, wait for downfall). I don't care if they are male or female but as a professional, I get my work done and get paid. You on the other hand see contention. If I was in your position as a man (highly viewed) I would NOT GIVE A FUCK what other people think. This is why women and female leaders have so much contention. If two men really have a problem, we fight it out, otherwise stop the whining. Women usually draw out these altercations leading to negative environments. That's the difference between male and female leaders and followers.

[@josephkelly6681]

So, she was a man?

[@bigneiltoo]

Not all women are like that!

[@Raphanne]

@@darnellbaird206 "if my manager is 'bad', I work with them while working on my ultimate plan (leave, exceed, wait for downfall)" Yes, this is exactly what I do. "You on the other hand see contention." Yes, because I'm not blind. That doesn't mean I don't conduct myself in a professional manner to achieve my goals to the best of my ability. "If two men really have a problem, we fight it out" Yeah, good luck doing that where I am. Their justice system doesn't kid around and has no time for rowdy foreigners. You'll end up in jail.

[@captainamerica799]

​​​@@bigneiltoo not all , but most. They hv this jealousy that is really hard to hide towards each other.

[@alexanderwindh4830]

I have encountered lots of manipulation and gossip on a female heavy work place. So much fake niceness

[@415TCrider]

When she couldnt answer the question plainly in 30 seconds i knew the real answer was a lot simpler.

[@RedGreen-Blue]

this woman had to memorize her speech, like certain overly ambitious female, constantly laughing, because she is not that smart.

[@bayernjames9546]

she didn't really answer the question IMO

[@markaurelius61]

That last bit that Chris mentioned, about how male athletes differ from female athletes. It seems that men are much more able to retain their humanity in competitive and stressful situations. Since women then would associate competition with misery, maybe that is why women teachers try to remove all competition from schools, and why feminists like to label competitiveness "toxic masculinity", when in fact it is toxic to femininity, but not as masculinity.

[@velaphithewarrior6498]

I'd say masculine competitiveness is different from female competitiveness...it's not toxic..

[@hardbrocklife]

Because they're cruel more often than not. You can see the same behavior in hens in the farm yard. Hens harass other hens to facilitate stress and stress cause behaviors and psychosomatic actions that make the victim hen less productive as an egg layer, reducing competition.

[@darthdaddy3071]

And when you add a rooster to the flock, all that in-fighting disappears.

[@darthdaddy3071]

@FenwickChick If you have free-range chickens, it's a good idea to keep about one rooster for every 6-9 hens. They protect the hens from predators, but also will stop the hens from harassing each other. And yes, roosters are aggressive, so you probably wouldn't want to keep two separate flocks in the same coop.

[@darthdaddy3071]

@FenwickChick No problem bro👍

[@TheAleksandros]

@@darthdaddy3071 nice wisdom jewels about poultry life from you bro. How about additionaly adding one adult red-fox to the hens and roosters so that things remain balanced? Is it an efficient way to maintain a farm-life? Thanks in advance

[@HalfAsianDerp]

My current boss is female and she's great, but maybe she's the exception

[@HalfAsianDerp]

@1tski74 maybe, but she's also a great manager to all the other people on my team too, so I don't think that matters much in this instance.

[@mikemo4252]

Re-watch the clip, here. The first few minutes specify that women dislike working for women supervisors, while men showed equal enjoyment of work irrespective of supervisor gender. You've further corroborated the findings

[@PungiFungi]

There are good and bad male and female bosses, but it seems the percentage of bad female bosses is a lot higher.

[@JerryStevens]

I was just telling my wife about this phenomenon the other day. When I was a general manager, I had several women work for me who told me that they didn't like working for women. We had women managers too and no man ever indicated to me, even in private, that he had a problem with a female boss.

[@-glitch-8195]

Thats because female bosses do not treat males that work under them the same way they treat females working under them. They feel superior to the male so they don't even see them. With females working under them, they start treating them poorly because they're trying to push them out since they're scared that one of them will replace her. I think its because a lot of them feel as though they don't deserve the position because they lack confidence in their ability to do the job. Thats why they create more problems in the workplace than the amount of time they do anything. I'd say men in general do not take work as hard as women do anyways. They just chill out, converse, laugh a little where areas females whip out their radios trying to hunt you down all the way from the other side of the building. Sometimes they're not even your boss and they behave that way. Even the male manager who is signing your check doesn't care, but she does 😂😂😂😂Ironically though, the first people to defend a female boss is men. But if it was the other way around and the male boss was mistreating others, a female (boss) would me too him real quick. Men usually don’t care about bad female behavior until it effects them. Even female professors I've come across have been like that. Half of their syllabus is just threats of disciplinary actions that will be taking against you, lots of scolding, and never sticking to the subject.

[@Aresmanticore78]

​@@-glitch-8195 what you are describing reminds me of my school teachers... They were howling at us all the time I swear...💀

[@-glitch-8195]

@Fenwick Chick People follow you when know what you’re doing, and not when you’re indecisive, throwing your responsibilities on to others, and not leading by example. Even male bosses who are like that are not respected. Female bosses just want exceptions. Difference is male bosses will be held accountable more so than female bosses who are much harder to get fired for mistreating workers. No one will believe you. Ironic how that is considering women for so long fought for that to not to be the case only for them to turn around and do that to others. Female bosses need to accept what comes with the job. Being a boss does not mean you’ll be living a laid back lifestyle like you will when you have a lower title. They want the title without the accountability and I say that as a woman myself. No one said male bosses cannot be hard-nosed. At least you can get them fired and they will lose their jobs/careers.

[@dianaverano7878]

Female bosses change the way they treat male staff vs female staff. In a department where it is full of women, the male staff will be like that spoiled kid. Even if he misses on deadlines, the female boss will cover for him

[@isaacennis2077]

​@@-glitch-8195Recently, my assistant managers & co-workers at Dollar Tree, who are young black women, tried to act like thugs to me. I was one of the newest and most reliable employees doing cashier and floor associate. I was almost going to knock these heifers out. I don't care about women calling me names, but when a woman feels comfortable getting deep in my face like she about that life, like Babe Ruth..."I'm knocking shit out of the park." They never treat the other men like that, but try to treat me like that. I'm '5-"8 & 22 years old. The heifers were from '5-"1, '5-"10 to even '6-"5, ages were between 25-35 years old. I didn’t even give a two weeks notice before leaving. My head manager/boss, who was a nice, polite & feminine jamaican woman, almost like a mother to me. She was a bit disappointed that I was leaving because she said I was very reliable and responsible on the job. Also, they are very short on staff too, especially cashiers like me. But hey, shoot yourself in the foot, it's nobodies problem, but your own...Isaac Ennis: "pick up the pieces b!*ch, it seems my skills are needed elsewhere...sayonara😎🫡."

[@davesomerset732]

40 years of my working life I can state unequivocally women do not get along with other women in the workplace, we used to joke only one female allowed per shift to keep the peace lol the only exception was if there was an extreme age gap, then a ersatz mother daughter work relationship was possible, otherwise it was usually all out war. Only one queen bee per office.

[@legalfictionnaturalfact3969]

yes, this kind of thing results from patriarchy. i've worked a long time as well, but the men are worse because they have more power and use it for evil.

[@Nah-ah]

It’s a hit and miss sometimes with the “mother/daughter” relationship at work. I found it didn’t work for me. I found older women to dislike working with younger women simply bc of the attention the younger women would be getting from not just men but other women who just simply were interested in learning who this new person at work.

[@ka9202]

Great topic because I've heard multiple women say the exact same thing; "I'd rather work for a boss who's a man"

[@dianaverano7878]

Because female bosses tend to have favorites. And usually go softer on male staff and being too critical with female staff

[@setpunks13]

The worst bosses i've ever had were all women. 3 women. The triad of ultimate darkness. Truly, truly terrible people. Grossly dishonest, backstabbing, irrational, dangerously emotional. I hope to god i never have another.

[@Manny123-y3j]

That is how my experience has been. I've had a couple good female bosses, but the others were terrible almost beyond belief and in ways that I have never seen from any male ever. The difference is enormous.

[@daemondost7168]

female bosses are extraordinarily inefficient

[@sunbehm]

after 35 years as a Nurse, one thing I know is that women are incredibly territorial. More than men.

[@sholmesbrown]

My boss has her bad days but I'd say 9/10 she's great.

[@ryvirkelley5047]

I haven't watched the video, but I will tell you my experience almost every time. There was a lot of nepotism, and a lot of the time it was like the movie "mean girls", they were jealous, and my glass ceiling was always with a woman. They gossiped and didn't want to work. It's horrible. Not every time, but most of the time.

[@dianaverano7878]

Yup. Favoritism. Being popular. It's like high school all over again. But in work place. And female bosses always favor male staff.

[@mirabella2154]

Have to agree: Worst experiences was working for a female boss. I avoid that at any cost. Life is too short for that kind of misery.

[@dianaverano7878]

If I would look for a new job now, that is what I will be looking for. I prefer male boss. Currently Im happy with my male boss in govt

[@ArmyWolves]

I have worked with a very efficient, female human resource officer. She is feminine but also clears her tasks quickly, has effective communication and even her status on social media usually has things about removing toxic people from your life, being focussed on goals and so on. She is junior to me but not necessarily my subordinate but seeing her interaction with those under her is a polar opposite to what we see in some women when in authority.

[@yofinance1777]

Women support women until one has more promotion, pay or responsibility than the other. Fact

[@zibbitybibbitybop]

There seems to be a somewhat extreme range of outcomes from having a female boss, in my experience. Some of the supervisors I hated the absolute most at my previous non-tech jobs were women, they were neurotic and micromanaged me and were even passive-aggressive sometimes. That said, literally of my supervisors at my current tech job over the last five years have been women, and every single one of them has been great. For that matter, all of my female coworkers where I work are very nice. Maybe tech tends to attract women with a certain personality type that makes them less prone to bad office behaviors? I dunno.

[@none3209]

This is quite verbose. The short answer is: Women vying for leadership roles have a chip on their shoulder about proving themselves, which makes them unpalatable overly aggressive bitches for one thing, and more absorbed in their role than the project they're overseeing for another thing.

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

Yer sir

[@643lmer]

I once had a female boss who would constantly find every and any opportunity to belittle me. Oh, and when I was pregnant, she told me "I wasn't working hard enough" despite the fact that she herself was a mother and knew the challenges of working while pregnant. So glad I left that workplace!

[@eduardocorvello6378]

One third of my male bosses were mental. Female: 100%

[@zeynand4039]

For me, because women get away with lying and making stuff up. They just have to say there is something personal going on and you are done. "It's a female fight between those 2". so it's too easy to drag you down because the evil person can always hide behind "a misunderstanding" if the other person doesn't back down. So you never really win, you can only lessen a severe reputation damage.

[@zeynand4039]

It's damage nontheless. And everyone runs from damage.

[@Sid00077]

I have had female bosses/employers and my experience was very pleasant. They had different characteristics, but both appreciated hard work so they never nagged me when it came to work and allowed me do my thing (it was retail so things are not changing that often). One was very sweet and had some tendency to micromanage if she felt like someone wasn't doing anything (which was the case for some employees) while the other was pretty chill and as long as we got the work done, she never intervened. Ig the reason I liked them was because they made me feel appreciated at work and never gave me more work as a reward of finishing as assignment early.

[@ashdapr1]

I guess, I’m unique because my best bosses were females. But I’m general I’ve been lucky to have really good bosses both male and female.

[@ramosracar]

Now imagine the hospital departments which are usually women management 💀

[@robzaphy]

Trust me I work in a hospital with just me and 1 other male and the pair of us can't stand the department as everything just comes in completely unplanned and all the women do is complain about it but do nothing to deal with anything.

[@ramosracar]

@Mike Hunt bro I'm the only guy in my school program, and in my clinical rotation. I KNOW EXACTLY HOW U FEEL.

[@vettie]

This woman just speaking rationally about biology and anthropology is such a godsend.

[@lighthouse3043]

Best bet is to work a job duty that no one wants to do. Therefore, the female boss will more likely leave you alone and tend to bring you more support. It has worked for me in the past.

[@drumyogi9281]

I worked Pest Control for 5 years in a very remote and often very dangerous environment while consistently meeting my quota as well as fantastic customer reviews. We got a new branch manager for gender quotas (the company advertised this in video and emails). She was hyper aggressive, cruel and spent our budget on liabilities to the point that were in the red. She was such a bad person that everyone with experience quit. We had many crew members who had 15-20 years with the company/branch. They all left including me. Just my personal experience of this nightmare realm that we entered.

[@JoeyM10]

I’ve had 10 bosses in my professional career. 7 of them were women. 1 of them was awesome. (Fuck yeah Michele!) 6 of them were totally stressed out all the time and/or just didn’t care to be there, overly micromanaging, passive aggressive, unnecessarily combative, inconsistent about everything, not solution oriented, caddy and clique-y, moody, or infantilizing man haters. Or a combination of a few of these characteristics. 3 male bosses. How many Problems? Zero.

[@joelhall5124]

Having had a couple of female bosses in the past, I can understand where they're coming from. Not a single one of my female friends liked a female boss and always preferred working with male bosses.

[@sharonrossow5423]

This is too theoretical. It’s more simple than that. I’ve been walking on eggshells ever since I’ve been working in female dominated industries and reporting to female bosses. I’m direct and have never had a problem with male bosses. In other words, men don’t sit me down for “talks” about how my email was “interpreted.” It is exhausting. I get along much better with men in general. As a female working for a female boss I’m not allowed to be direct in a moment when I’m under stress that my female boss put on me. I’m supposed to grin and bear crap. It’s simply not me.

[@Vr4z1el]

Experiencing the same walking on egg shells and micromanaging from my lady boss. It's really exhausting. Even when I do everything correctly I know something will be nitpicked anyway.

[@garcher2]

Social construct, mating behavior competition, whatever, these behaviors appear to be ingrained likely hardwired. It has been well established that "women experience more incivility in the workplace than men do by other women" Whereas men when they work together "Generate civility among themselves." - Allison Gabriel, PhD, Harvard Business Review, 2018.

[@Toactwithoutthinking]

Every day is a crisis, every little issue is brought up a dozen times, everything is micromanaged, every moment not spent talking about the work is spent talking about other coworkers. At their worst, they can drain the productivity out of a project and destroy retention.

[@phyllidaacworth5212]

I have had good and bad female and male managers. Some of the worst bullying came from women, but some of the worst men were very controlling.

[@mjt7231]

The reason why we all prefer working with men than women is pretty simple. This is generally speaking. With men the only thing everyone needs to concern themselves with is the job at hand. With woman you need to add feelings to the work and those are unpredictable. It leads to added anxiety and an element that causes stress. We’re just not allowed to talk about it anymore. So it makes it worse. Don’t get upset by the truth. Have worked in plenty of male dominated industries and also the DEI corporate culture. Women constantly need to be reinforced emotionally. It gets worse the higher up they go.

[@richardnorth1881]

Men seem to have an easier time separating the professional from the personal. In general, if a man is bluntly given orders (without nice wording) or has his work criticized, or a colleague disagrees with him about something job-related, men seem more able to compartmentalize the issue as "strictly business" and get on with it, without developing a personal hatred for their colleague. They are more able to remain friends with the colleague in spite of the incident. Women on the other hand, on the macro-scale, seem much more sensitive to professional criticism, or being given orders at work without nice-kind-wording, or disagreement about something work-related, and are more likely to start personally resenting their colleague because of that. I.e. professional disagreement is more likely to turn into personal resentment with women. Again, this is all in general. There are men and women who fall into the inverse camps as well. But in general, I think is an important difference.

[@halhansen778]

I’ve seen good ones and bad ones -and women have responded great to the good ones, but the bad ones become a backstabbing nightmare, (women have told me).

[@mathewhills8807]

Wow this chick said so much with so many trendy theories, that do not go anywhere to providing an answer Sort of like female bosses trying to get a result in the workplace

[@christinacatalano]

nailed it.

[@PHSPictures]

I think this lady demonstrates the problem really well. Her answers are so overly complicated and confusing that no-one but her knows what the heck is going on.

[@tanyamilewski5700]

The reason is actually sexism. Female bosses have more to prove which makes them pressured to deliver/prove themselves more compared to men. or pressured to manage sexist insubordination. I have had female bosses I hated when I was younger and more naive to the world, Once I had more experience and changed from old white male bosses(which are the easiest) to female to young bosses back and forth I now understand what’s really going on which helps me manage my bosses nomatter who they are and manage ppl below. I actually now prefer female bosses because they take me to the next level more than any other once I befriend them or show them I truly respect them they relax more.

[@faithfitness6434]

Makes sense. Once you get a sense of the person’s stressors you know how to work with them.

[@JohannesAlexisBader]

I would love it, if there were links to the studies that are discussed in the videos

[@thenout]

totally!

[@Rijotan]

Men are more hierarchical, it's easier for men to follow the chain of command. Women prefer a more community-style of social setting whis has a flat structure.

[@MonaMarMag]

I do not know the reason but some women seem to be in competition with each other . I do not understand really , why is that ? When everyone should just do their job .

[@lonewaer]

What I'm hearing with what she's saying is that women don't like having female bosses because they project their behavior so bad that if they themselves were at the top, they would be abusing their power. That's why they're so concerned about any imbalance of power. Hardcore projection. "I don't like her because she's going to be doing what I would be doing if I was in her shoes". They prefer equal footing because when they are on equal footing, they all realize they are at the same level, so they must have the same interests. Surely. The moment one gets above the other, she'll abuse her situation, and the others resent that. It actually explains a lot. To be honest it kind of brings to the discussion about whether companies should want women at the top or not. Feminists will say "yes", but really is that a good idea ? Doesn't seem like one to me. I'm curious to know how that articulates with the need for women's ancestors to function in groups, communities, in order to survive when the men were away, kind of what we tend to perceive the sisterhood to be. How much of it is sisterhood, and how much of it is respect for equals ? It doesn't seem to be the same thing, but maybe it is in a weird way ?

[@N.California]

Historical references have little to do with women hating each other in work settings today. Woman: "I don't like that bitch." Man: "but you don't even know her?" Woman: "I don't like the way she looks." Man: "LOL."

[@4812megan]

It's in women's nature to micromanage everything around them, which is great when dealing with 4 kids running around.....not so great when trying to motivate mature adults to work independently.

[@lillian2732]

Working in several different fields including the medical field, I can give you a pretty good summary of why female bosses are the worst. The pecking order is real and they will beat other women figuratively to get their way. Once women realize that there is someone in the group who is less dominant they will attack. Because women are so competitive to try to prove themselves, they will bring people down just to get a leg up. Also women have the ability to form groups based off of race, age, seniority, interest and position within company. They tend to gang up in these groups to solidify their importance and dominance. Women also tend to be more sexual and flirty with male coworkers and male bosses to try to get a leg up in the company. Other women see this as a deplorable behavior and will segregate themselves away from this or they will join in on the fun to see how far they can get away with it. If women see that there is an up-and-coming woman in the field who possibly will pass them in rank or pay, they will do everything to complete the demise of this up and coming woman. Women gang up on other women and male employees for control and dominance. When you have a group of women who will stand together and lie for each other, there is no way of improving the situation without firing or the women resigning. Men while they can be petty, women are much worse. Also tone and dictation of a female's voice is taking differently by men and women. Women analyze dictation and tone to find the underlying meanings of what is being said. Women will try to read between the lines. Men keep the same tone and dictation as they speak no matter if it's female or male with the exception of most men are more sensitive to a woman's feelings in some fields. Men are also more careful around women because of harassment and HR issues. It is harder to bring women bosses into an HR and have HR believe the complaints without saying you're just looking too much into the situation.

[@lillian2732]

@@impudentdomain frenemy. Happens with women. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. It's sick the mindset and mind games women will sink to. You see it everywhere. Illusion of grandeur and closeness. While men will fight and be done with the drama. Women can't generally do to in my opinion because of lower standings in society and socially. Entertainment on the internet has not helped the situation at all. Now it is just become more socially acceptable to act like this. You can see in girls as young as preschool.

[@lillian2732]

@Fenwick Chick the psychological warfare that women play is completely different from men. Think about one woman can ruin a man for his whole life. A man can devastate a woman but her whole life would not be ruined behind him. It's scary that women have so much power and just abuse it for kicks. This isn't every woman like this isn't every man but this stuff is very common.

[@asciblue]

@Fenwick Chick yes but no. See dudes will slit your throat then help you improve. Woman will slit your throat.

[@lillian2732]

@Fenwick Chick I am a woman. I am talking about my experience with women in the work place. I have had horrible women bosses that were killing companies they worked for with poor morale, trashy behavior, favoritism, childishness, manipulation, pecking order and mean girl gang mentality. To the point of lawsuits and NDAs. If you have had different experience, cool. But I have seen and felt the wrath of horrible women bosses. I have had 1 horrible male boss and that was based off of illegally managing a business. I didn't bring in religion, politics, feminism, pills or anything else. Based off of what I said, I would much rather have a male boss.

[@lillian2732]

@Fenwick Chick this is an opinion piece. For your opinion, I am appreciative. Thank you for your correspondence of your opinion.

[@Rapidcouplescounselling]

I once was the only guy working with 11 other women under a female boss. It was horrible and we worked in air conditioned comfort in the city cbd. I've also worked in some of the hottest, dirtiest, most remote parts of Australia on mines with teams of all men. Give me the shitty remote mines with men over working in the city. The women were, bitchy, back stabbing, there was always some drama and the manager wasn't great. Working with men in difficult environments, you focus on working together, if you have a problem you work it, you try and make fun and laugh at how shitty things are and at the end of the day you have a beer and forget about the shitty stuff. No grudges are held. Now, I'm working for myself thankfully.

[@resignator]

Amen.

[@resignator]

@Fenwick Chick You keep using the term "red pill" like it's derogatory. It's laughable. You are a prime example of why men would rather work a job where they risk life and limb rather than be in your presence. What does that say about YOU?

[@resignator]

​@Fenwick Chick 93% of the homeless, 92% of workplace deaths, 97% of all war casualties, 73% of suicides, 90% chance they wont win custody in family court, higher prison sentences for the same crimes, etc. Get back to me when women can claim such stats. Also, did the government make you sign up for selective services just to VOTE? Didnt think so. Get your grifting, uneducated ass out of here.

[@johnprince5931]

Because they create an instant 'Mother Hen Matriarchal Environment'. As a man I've often had female bosses and had zero problems with them. However they treat the women beneath them differently.

[@dw309]

As a man, I hate working for a female boss too and unfortunately it’s forced in the tech industry throughout middle management, except in senior leadership roles.

[@evanthesquirrel]

It all comes down to the individual. I've had good male and good female bosses. Bad male and bad female bosses. I did have one female regional manager (my boss's boss) who was openly sexist against men.

[@GIPgarden]

ive been talking about this to one of my friends for a long time but i never had a really articulate way to express it. wow this was good

[@Jackdaniels19894]

I have had multiple jobs and at one of them there was a women manager, she used to be very nice at first to me. She did her job very properly but she was best when it came to being rude to her employees. One time she scolded a teenage girl bc she didn’t know the numbers for the produce even though she just started. Then she started making derogatory remarks to me to others. I confronted her and she said who told you this and disregarded me. I quit she was mad and she fired a couple other people

[@stevenlee9064]

I think she should have just answered “I don’t know”. She made no sense.

[@petergrifindor]

My boss is very cool. Never yells, never gets angry, face problems with calm and is very nice in general. She is a little messy and disorganised, but that isn’t a big deal for me.

[@elibennett6168]

I've had both good and bad male and female managers. To me, it is less about gender and more about trust, empowerment, good will, and transparency. Having said that, I do think a subset of women have a hard time reporting to women, perhaps due to differing expectations and bias. While people will point to women leaders as the problem (but the male satisfaction data undercuts this explanation), it's possible that women make poor followers in these situations, and more easily accept male leadership due to bias.

[@bolivartv]

Agreed. The best boss I ever had was a woman. Consequently the worst boss I ever had was also a woman lol

[@elibennett6168]

@@bolivartv I've been the boss to immature, unprofessional women - they were almost unmanageable. I've also been the boss to mature and professional women - fantastic experience. I've been the boss to snarky and unethical males. Other men have been wonderful to work with. I appreciate the men and women who are professionals in the workplace who can get the job done and have respect for others. We need to be shaping people and rewarding them for professionalism.

[@friktogurg9242]

These bad ones are undisciplined and reckless. They must be brought to kneel

[@entertainingideas]

Isn‘t this an incomplete explanation? It‘s still unclear to me why men wouldn‘t mind working for a female boss. It seems to me that the difference between men and women is that women are less willing to work in hierarchical systems in general. Men on the other hand are used compete for status in hierarchies among other men. But why would they be more tolerant of a female boss than women?

[@geeianna7708]

I have had female and male line managers. I have to say that the males were more difficult to work with.

[@buffshepherd1540]

Does this mean that women have a stronger instinct to call for equality in a society? And the dominance of women in the humanities today has lead towards a public bias towards societal equality?

[@jomurphy1654]

Worked for both men and women over 40 years - there were terrible examples of leadership from both bosses but it was some, (not all) of my female colleagues who managed to hit the toxicity mark time and time again, (endless snide pass-agg behaviour, tripping up, back-stabbing, disparaging etc). One person, in particular, made my early working life for about nine years particularly unpleasant. Now I know how to deal with them, (too late for that situation....still infuriates me if I dwell on it, which I generally don't).

[@sregan5415]

How do you deal with them?!!! Would be useful to me now. I just quit a job in a good position for a lesser role, because of one of these types of women who happened to be my direct line manager. I wanna prevent this from happening again.

[@jomurphy1654]

​@@sregan5415 It takes a strange mixture of guts and diplomacy! We need to avoid escalating things here. You could politely but firmly ask to chat to the offending person on their own (or, if you feel it might be necessary, ask a neutral colleague to sit in - although that's tricky in itself). Don't start sentences with the somewhat accusative 'You were this/you were that". Say things that are factual and simply stated - things like "Pamela, when you said 'blah blah blah' in front of our colleagues I felt that there was a - perhaps unintentional - motivation on your part to make me feel XYZ". The offending colleague will probably say "Oh how you could possibly think that?" or "You're just being paranoid" - your response to this type of reaction might be to say something like, (and be even and unemotional in your tone as you reply) "That may have been your impression but it wasn't mine and I think our colleagues felt the same way" - There'll then be 'huffing and puffing' - so, let some of that ride and then conclude with something like " That's all I have to say at the moment, 'Pamela' - it's really just a question of demonstrating mutual respect in public, in the context of our professionalism, so I hope we can both work to achieve that and then we won't need to have this conversation again." So, sregan, not easy (and more problematic - and risky - with a senior) and, of course, I don't have your exact context to base the above on, but that's the kind of key of it! Hope, maybe, it's helpful!

[@sregan5415]

​@@jomurphy1654 Thank you for the tips! She was my boss and honestly, I believe she was jealous of me. I am kind, pretty, smart and good at my job. I got promoted by working super hard, having integrity and being damn good at what I do. She is a bitchy, arrogant woman who has advanced by a mixture of ass-kissing her superiors and dominating her subordinates. Don't get me wrong, she is also good at her job - but she's bitchy and arrogant af. We were never going to get along, but I had hoped she would at least be professional. Instead, she acts like a bitchy high school girl despite being 47 years old. When I ask questions she is sarcastic and condescending, treats me like I'm dumb. Interrupts and undermines what I say to the people I manage, she will "correct" me, even simply to say the same thing, but she will phrase it as if I am telling them the wrong thing. She always wants to be the centre of attention, she always talks about being the "Queen Bee". She prides herself on her ability to "destroy people" (yes, she said this), she is highly emotional and volatile and I've even heard her cry on calls when things don't go her way. I was beloved by the others on the management team (all guys), but they didn't have the cojones to go against her (I guess because they were also scared of her?), or maybe they didn't notice how terrible she was treating me. I decided it was too risky to stand up to her, given her personality type, and just transferred departments, so I could remain with the same company... but now I'm not sure that I did the right thing, especially as I've effectively demoted myself, despite doing an excellent job.

[@haroldmerewether1224]

As a man I prefer female bosses as I can get away with more.

[@dzllz]

Lol, nice response

[@wyleecoyotee4252]

I had a female boss. No different than the male boss before her.

[@TheSpecialJ11]

The female bosses I've loved working for were all stereotypically masculine in their social style in the workplace. But I'm also a man, so that makes sense.

[@bryceherring946]

Women hate working for a female boss about as much as men do, there are alot of talented and successful female leaders but the problem is the explosion of female leaders in the workplace has actually come at the expense of men, for every female marketing and or sales manager, that's one less man in the department and often times corporate teams are now heavily female dominated, and this means everything is more feminized in the culture and is why we have alot more submissive and feminine men today, most of my former corporate managers were all women and often times as the stand alone male, I've become the outlier, we've gone from demanding equal rights to women to slowly seeing corporate America becoming 60/40 female male and the numbers are only increasing...

[@MHiggins]

This is why so many companies are struggling with lower output and higher turnover. The advent of AI is the remedy to the emotionalism and lack of output. Me too and sexual harassment laws and such have made bringing on AI a huge boon.

[@MHiggins]

Watch the “A day in the life of working….” Who makes those videos? Almost all women. It’s ridiculous I have worked at major companies and every time

[@MrSethmo13]

It would be interesting to hear your guest comment on the other side of the coin - how do female bosses feel about female subordinates? Anecdotally, a female acquaintance of mine has complained vociferously about having female subordinates because they bring the drama. She says that men are a dream to supervise and she becomes ecstatic when female subordinates leave her organization. I’d like to know how representative her experience and sentiments are of female managers, supervisors, directors, and bosses overall.

[@A_friend_of_Aristotle]

Reciprocal altruism is not about sharing values. Altruism is about sacrifice; the sacrifice of self to others or others to self. If indeed one of the motives is altruism, it's no wonder they hate each other.

[@nikomaartfald4260]

Not only women. As a male i prefer real male boss leader too instead of the female micromanaging kindergarten teachers at my job

[@Goatlikeitornot]

Because men are better bosses

[@bigneiltoo]

I had a female boss once. Thankfully it was really a dude in drag. One of the best!

[@Buckshot99]

Having a conversation with my female boss is non existent. She doesn’t stop talking.

[@HowlUnderTheMoon]

everyone has, at many points in their life, heard someone say that they started crying "out of anger". these people are exclusively women. I refuse to believe that such a creature was fundamentally designed to lead.

[@angelowhite4701]

Men RESPECTS a persons position and where they stand in relation to a person. Most woman don't respect what position you have. You can clearly see it how they speak of men and submission. Men submit readily easily under authority because men have an endowed appreciation for respect. That's why men can build and like me we all in our department are known as lead techicians and whoever deemed the lead of a certain project although we are all lead technicians we easily submit and follow the direction of the person deemed lead technician over the project. That's very hard for women to do and that's why women quit our department because it becomes a thing about the sexes when it's really do you respect heirachy. Do you respect and willing to follow who's put in charge? But it becomes who has the right, i should be in charge. We all may feel that way but with men we respect who's chosen and we submit, cooperate, yes we follow.

[@madboyShawn]

I wonder if this also applies to why women are the biggest proponents of equity related societal movements

[@DeminicusSCA]

it feel like i heard alot of words , but did not take anything away

[@veronicalagor4771]

Just sounded like some pseudoscientific way to justify plain sexism. My best bosses have all been women, and I find people are quicker to judge women than men for doing the exact same thing.

[@christinacatalano]

Yeah I feel gaslit lol?

[@tickalliegater1094]

Let's face it women just hate other women

[@ohhs7830]

It seems like female bosses need to know about your relationships outside work. Male bosses want to know if you are married or not, have children or not but it stops at that.

[@marcellarivera6409]

All female bosses I've had have been a terrible experience.

[@seanwallace89]

She took three minutes and over 100 words to say that "women get jealous of other women" Why try so hard to discredit any necessity to take accountability for it? Women are less pragmatic in their actions than men... they often play games based upon emotions of themselves or others... essentially making many of their actions appear passively aggressive and often manipulative. Example: a female boss may be aware of a tough living environment for a female subordinate. Because of that knowledge she instead has a meeting w her informing her of the problems, and shows sympathy towards her subordinates home challenges avoids firing or heavily criticizing the individual for several months in hopes that she can work her situation out and become productive and efficient in her work, but that never happens. She is forced to fire the female employee, and the female employee now feels lead on and then cutoff cruelly, as though she had a treat dangled in front of her only to see it snatched away... and this hypothetical doesn't even have either women motivated by negative emotion, but sympathetic and appreciative upon the start... imagine when there is actual animous and anger involved. A man would have likely fired her at the initial sit down, expressed sympathy for her situation but remained firm as though it was no longer in his hands to change it. It's a much better approach... when you are firm and present as though you have already made the decision and it cannot be undone. Ppl will be upset in the moment, but the majority actually quickly forgive the individual that fired them understanding that it was better to have the bandaid ripped off quickly when it's all said and done, and actually gain an appreciation for the approach.

[@TheEskimoDirka]

This is a very convoluted way of saying that women don't like women

[@EA-gv2ph]

Depends a lot on the person. I've had a great woman boss and an awful woman boss. Some women really dislike working with other women and will make your life hell. Or have zero considerations towards you if you have kids because somehow that they made the decision to not have kids puts them in a position to just "teach you a lesson" on why "children are a burden at work."

[@YummyFoodOnlyPlz]

It's their jealousy acting out. Although you are junior in job position, you've got more going for you in your life than these childless workaholics. Remember, men get judged by their individual success, women get judged by her own family's wellbeing and success. The number of children a woman has is a direct indicator of her personal achievement in life. The childless old workaholics don't have any of that.

[@12ealDealOfficial]

There are three different varieties of female boss: 1) The Band Mom: Loving and supportive. If she micromanages, it's because she cares about her work and it's easy to see that 2) The Wino: Loud, condescending, and extremely territorial. She tries to be cool by granting PTO and being understanding about your work/ life balance, but every small snag in her routine leads to loud, verbal anguish. 3) The Weekender: She's either always remote or in the break room. No one is entirely sure what she does, but she gets it in gear just long enough for her superior to leave. I'm a guy and I don't always mind female bosses, but the vast majority fall into category 2 and 3.

[@zabumbaman1828]

Who doesn't?

[@CC12398]

It's not complicated imo As women we have to compete with the man boss stereotype. I truly don't think most people like being direct bosses, not an easy position

[@bigneiltoo]

The problem with women is: when a person responds to a problem the woman will get her feelings hurt and make that an even bigger issue than the problem itself. Example: "Why did you just kick me?" Her: "Don't raise your voice! You're making me really uncomfortable!"

[@emperor_zenel1256]

It could also be because of how men generally perceive women, especially if the employee is attractive..even if there is no actual sexual or romantic interactions in the workplace, a male boss maybe more sympathetic and friendly to female employees because of the halo effect that pretty people have, which may not be present or even have the opposite effect if the boss is female.

[@DatAsianGuy]

yeah, biologically speaking other (attractive) women are a threat to women, so evolutionary psychology makes women dislike other women in some contexts.

[@alexanderlai9160]

Great video. You should change your description to say "women seem to prefer working for male bosses" or "women seem to prefer not working for female bosses". From an evolutionary perspective, women didn't hold leadership positions in society for most of history. The ones that thrived and succeeded were women who became masters of their own household and family unit. Human culture has produced women "good at" leaving their mothers and asserting firm boundaries and even dominance over their new mother-in-law.