The first was Marge, she was an assistant plant manager at a liquid filling factory I worked at right out of H. S. She was as tough and mean as any boss I've ever worked for. But she had a soft side towards het employees if they met her expectations. I loved her. Not in a romantic way mind you. If I had to guess, probably a lesbian. Crewcut, missing teeth, flannel shirts, chain wallet long before that was cool. And don't get me wrong, I could give a shit less. Just painting a picture here... But I digress. She was awesome. Loved that woman. Got my ass chewed a few times from her. It was fucking terrifying! She towered over me and probably had 100#'s on my narrow ass. But, that didn't happen unless you fucked up. I had tons of respect for Marge.

My second was Randa, the sweetest most loving boss you could ever hope for. She looked upon her crew as her children, and treated us as such. She was absolutely wonderful to work for. She had the absolute loyalty of our entire crew. She was a big woman too, and at a meeting, during a smoke break, someone on another crew called her a fat ass bitch. I'm here to tell ya, it took a third crew to step in because there were 20 people getting ready to throw down in her defense, myself included. Whole Lotta shoving and "take it back fucker! Take it back! " I'd work for her again in a heartbeat.

However, my wife has had a string of female bosses. And goddamn! They are everything you talk about. Consequently, I don't think it's a matter of female vs. male. It's a matter of asshole vs. non-asshole. Just my 2 cents....