Why Women Are Bullies At Work

[Zorra]

160. It was great, but it was a non-profit, with salaries and wages that were better than

average for that type of non-profit, but they were still pretty low.

I believe that a large part of the positivity and success of that particular scenario was that none of us felt any direct pressure to try to behave like we perceived that men behave in the workplace, and none of us were being evaluated by men or male designed/operated workplace systems, along with the fact that none of us are/were authoritarian or conservative in nature.

After all, men have been primarily running the workplace since forever; we haven't had much opportunity to see what we can do when we are at liberty to do things in a different way, with forethought about replacing workplace norms of aggression, dominance, and competition with cooperation, communication, and respect.

One thing about social service/human needs fields is that they often attract nurturing individuals who find that type of work rewarding personally rewarding. We were not operating in a profit, dominance, or competition based system at all. Our mission was to improve the quality of life for our clients to the best of our ability within the framework of our statement of purpose. All I had to do was keep a well balanced budget and facilitate the program like Ms. Santa, and everyone else got to be Ms. Santa every day as well.

Easy to see how a group of bleeding heart radical liberals might create something efficient, positive, and constructive under these circumstances.

I'd love to see our governments run on these principles!