I don't think it works that way, Brad. I don't think a woman who would practice the manipulative and power-oriented business practices prevalent would be the same person who would understand how to change the workplace to be more humane, or perhaps even understand what was humane or not. There are many who do not see the prevalent business atmosphere as at all oppressive or wrong.
It's an interesting thought, though. It brings to mind 'benign dictator' and the whole spectrum of thoughts about running for political office and doing everything necessary to win, regardless of whom it hurts, in the interests of getting into power to do something good. I have some problems with the end justifies the means credo. I guess I have this sense that a person's behavior affects their -what word shall I use here so as not to offend those who balk at the frightening word 'soul'. But I do believe that what we 'do' affects our sense of ourselves and who we are. So if one practices behavior that hurts others, it becomes more difficult to do 'good' things. I know; simple-minded and naive? I'm not so sure. Selma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Selma Singer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Why men succeed at work > Selma Singer wrote: > > > I have mixed feelings about that, Bill. > > > > There are two schools of thought about how women should compete in a male > > marketplace. One school obviously consists in those women who try to beat > > men at their own game; i.e., learn how to manipulate and use power the way > > men do. > [snip] > > How about this: The women beat the men at their own game and > then change the rules? > > -- > > It is interesting to note something that is not coming to > pass today. Nietzsche spoke of a > future nation [he was writing ca. 1887] that would be so > powerful that it could beat any and every other nation > [no, it's not Saddam Hussein's Iraq]. Nietzsche then > went on to say that this super-power would *unilaterally > disarm*, because it would decide that > life was now worth living on the condition of always > being at war with the world and always > threatening everybody. [See why Bush was > smarter than me at Yale: He majored in history and > I majored in philosophy....] > > \brad mccormick > > -- > Let your light so shine before men, > that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) > > Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) > > <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ > > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
