Comments on: Female aggressive – the other side

By: Mindy

Mindy — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:59:54 +0000

This is interesting, but really out of my experience. When I think of aggressive, I think of competitive, like in sports. That’s the tomboy in me, probably. I’ve worked in the military and never had a problem with aggressive, negative women. I’ve worked in the medical field and not had a problem with aggressive women. Maybe I have been lucky, because the two work environments I have exerienced have both been very team oriented, and we all got along.

By: candacem

candacem — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:18:56 +0000

I can completely understand, Ciara. Sometimes those men make us behave in a manner we later regret. But if they hadn’t pushed us to it, we would still be the mild-mannered, feminine women we really are at the core, right? Darn those gerbils…

By: Ciara Gold

Ciara Gold — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:12:32 +0000

Wow, great posts for both of you. I’m generally a mild mannered woman (hush now, I can see the gerbles turning over in your head), but I had a situation arise about ten years ago. I lost my co-art teacher and we had to hire another in a short amount of time. We hired a man and right off the back I got vibes that he didn’t care to play second fiddle to me. He and I locked horns on several occasions and I confess, I became aggressive in a negative way but in my defense, it was in response to his aggression with me. Today, he and I are friends and I admire him greatly, but man did we have to work through a lot of crap to get there. LOL. We even laugh about it now.

By: Linda LaRoque

Linda LaRoque — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:23:41 +0000

I agree. An interesting take. I can’t say I’d ever considered aggression to be negative, but the way you explain it, I see that it is–defensive in a way.

Candace’s ‘agression’ wasn’t negative, but positive and necessary for her success and for her business and didn’t hurt or put down anyone.

Great post.