There is considerable sociological evidence that women are at a disadvantage
in business relationships precisely, as Bill has noted, because they do not
have the same experience with sports that boys and men do.
As a feminist who is not crazy about capitalism, I don't necessarily believe
that that kind of interaction is necessarily good for human or societal
development but that is a totally different issue.
Selma
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Subject: Re: [Futurework] Why men succeed at work
> Ray,
>
> You are absolutely right. A lot of times, men skip important issues and
> come to a resolution having to do with the power structure of the group
> or with known vested interests. A lot of times, women realize that there
> are better ways of dealing with the issue but still are unaware that the
> power structure has ended discussions. I certainly was not trying to
> imply that men are better decision makers, just that they are attune to
> signals coming in from the bench.
>
> Bill
>
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:10:05 -0400 "Ray Evans Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> writes:
> > Was the issue truly resolved or was it just that a decision had been
> > made?
> >
> > REH
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 8:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Why men succeed at work
> >
> >
> > > My hypothesis as to why men do better at work is that men, due to
> > their
> > > sports and other patterns of interaction, have created nonverbal
> > and
> > > coded patterns of communication when doing business. I have seen
> > > situations where negotiations on an issue have ended where both
> > men and
> > > women are present and women have not realized that a decision has
> > been
> > > made.
> > >
> > > The males will be moving on to other issues while the woman is
> > still
> > > discussing the issue unaware that it has been resolved.
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > > On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 00:02:18 -0700 Stephen Straker
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > > > from this week's Economist:
> > > > >
> > > > > <<<<
> > > > > BE A MAN
> > > > >
> > > > > Men compete harder than women. That is why they do better
> > > > > at work ...
> > > > [cut]
> > > > > women
> > > > > and men have different attitudes to competing...
> > > >
> > > > Maybe's men's attitudes towards work and towards their
> > > > fellow workers is part of the PROBLEM ... ("Do unto others
> > > > before they do it unto you", etc.). Many things we have
> > > > talked about on this list over the years would suggest as
> > > > much.
> > > >
> > > > Stephen Straker
> > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Vancouver, B.C.
> > > >
> > > >
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