Fuck all these arbitrary gender roles. Stop worrying about who you are or whether you're living up to someone else's idea of what is socially expected or acceptable and just do what comes comfortably to you.
There are certainly asshole women who are in power. I've heard some nasty things about some of the grand daughters of Sam Walton, for example. Granted, there are still some patriarchial power structures in place which have resulted in more men being in positions of power. That's changing, though, and there are more and more women in positions of power. As it is, women are getting 60% of college degrees nowadays. What's more, if you take 100 women in positions of power and 100 men in equal positions of power, I think you'd find just as many assholes in both groups. Being a jerk is not a gendered trait.
There are certainly asshole women who are in power. I've heard some nasty things about some of the grand daughters of Sam Walton, for example. Granted, there are still some patriarchial power structures in place which have resulted in more men being in positions of power. That's changing, though, and there are more and more women in positions of power. As it is, women are getting 60% of college degrees nowadays. What's more, if you take 100 women in positions of power and 100 men in equal positions of power, I think you'd find just as many assholes in both groups. Being a jerk is not a gendered trait.
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama