Don’t Own the Gaslighting, Mansplaining, “People Pleaser” Trope

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September 9, 2022 2 Minute Read 

Odd. When a man works toward a non-self-interested goal he’s crowned with laurels of self-sacrificing martyrdom. He’s a Team Player! When women do the same a cruel wreath of thorns is placed on their heads: She’s a People Pleaser! 

Don’t Buy It: Women make better leaders: Harvard Business said so. Twice. Other studies back them up. Let’s look at the science*.

 

Who’s more likely to:

  • Attend to people’s personal needs  ✓ That point goes to women
  • Be open to new ideas and other’s opinions ✓ That point goes to women too!
  • Do better during crises. ✓ 40 per cent fewer COVID-19 deaths were recorded in nations run by women vs. men.
Also “Women were rated significantly more positively than men [when it relates to] overall leadership effectiveness,” according, again, to a Harvard study.
  • Reward satisfactory performance in a consistent manner ✓ Guess; just guess. Research backs it up.
  • Narcissism Score: Men are proven to be more narcissistic than women. So much so, that in a study of 475,000 participants, newsflash; men have more “various interpersonal dysfunctions, including an inability to maintain healthy long-term relationships, unethical behavior and aggression” So another  ✓

Narcissism Part Deux – Entitlement (Surprise!) : “Men are more likely than women to exploit others and feel entitled to certain privileges.”  ✓

One wonders where the term “People Pleaser” came from…. You Decide

#leadership #women #womeninbusiness #womenempowerment

* Sources:

  1. COVID Leaders https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2022/06/female-leadership-attributed-fewer-covid-19-deaths
  2. Women Crisis https://hbr.org/2020/12/research-women-are-better-leaders-during-a-crisis
  3. Gender differences in narcissism https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150304104040.htm
  4. Why women are better leaders then men https://fisher.osu.edu/blogs/leadreadtoday/why-women-are-better-leaders
  5. Buried Treasure: Contradictions in the Perception and Reality of Women’s Leadership https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.684705/full
  6. Women Score Higher Than Men in Most Leadership Skills https://hbr.org/2019/06/research-women-score-higher-than-men-in-most-leadership-skills