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From: linda@amdcad.UUCP (Linda Seltzer)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Gender expectations
Message-ID: <3665@amdcad.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 8-Sep-85 18:08:20 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep  8 18:08:20 1985
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Summary: aggressiveness in women, maturity

In article <509@osiris.UUCP>, jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla) writes:
> 


> 	Conversely, I've been shunned by some of those women who seem to
> think that feminine equates with prissy, manipulative, deceitful and 
> backbiting. I get the feeling that because I say what I think, I therefore
> "don't play fair". :-)  I often think, though, that if I were a man, I'd
> be seen as having lots of "drive", being a real "go-getter", a "no-bullshit"
> kinda guy. I have never ever wanted to change my biological sex, however -
> I suit me just fine, it's everyone else's attitudes that should change !

I thought that in the business world most people think that a person who is
outspoken and "says what they think" is "immature" and that the manipulative
types often come out looking like the nice guy.  But this is different from
aggressive mannerisms.  Men are not financially penalized for having an
aggressive manner, but women are.