Read it if you have a Female Boss
Women bosses become "ruthless" and far more competitive at the peak of their fertility during a month, and hence were less likely to give attractive women a pay rise, says a study by US experts. Women bosses at their fertility peak could offer up to 25 per cent less pay to their female counterparts, according to psychologists at Wellesley College in the US.
Psychology professor Margery Lucas said women need to consider their timing as well as how attractive their bosses are before negotiating any deal.
Scientists said the results showed that on average women in the fertile stage of the month offered 25 per cent less to the most attractive women compared to the least attractive women.
Women at the low-fertility stage were far more generous, offering 20 per cent more to the prettiest women than they did to the least good looking.
The researchers said it suggests that women at the low-fertility stage are less threatened by beautiful female co-workers.
"Among women, competitiveness during periods of high fertility is linked to the withholding of resources from potential rivals. Resource competition is important because women need to acquire products - clothing, makeup, accessories, and so on - to enhance their attractiveness," the lead expert said.
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and is it true that men become better leaders after menopause or is it that their brains work at a faster speed after they reach that stage
BS. A lot of "lady bosses " are past menopause.
Why don't those morons who conduct these tests invest in making sure that "Some" men understand that gender makes no difference .
And how in the world are staff supposed to know the 'timing'!
now the post.... i agree about mood swings but i dont think it has anything to do with our professional lives..... this study is done by someone who really has limited resources of Mother in law , grand mother in law and two wives ..... running a store at the country side
now the post.... i agree about mood swings but i dont think it has anything to do with our professional lives..... this study is done by someone who really has limited resources of Mother in law , grand mother in law and two wives ..... running a store at the country side
DP
this world is so beautiful !!!!
All the researcher is doing is putting forward a theory and asking females to be "careful" in their timing when asking for promotion, pay rises etc.
The PMS issue is an old one. How many women have used this as a "valid reason" for their actions in the past.
Darude, you are the only one who can infuriate me easily:)
Painther, unfortunately, not many women love men!
strange you and miss me?
So what do you suggest women do Brit? Ask their boss if their ovulating before asking for a raise?
Women are only fertile for 2 or 3 days a month (some not even that) so how often does this kind of "discrimination" actually happen?
lol brit, people thought here as if I conducted this research......enough fun!!!
.one troll even thinks as if I wrote the story in TOI or DM; wish 'em peace!!
haha, tinker, now you contradict your 9.42 comment (mood relates to so n so).
well, enough of my leg pulling quota for the day, better things are lined up for a gr8 weekend :)
i know you're champion for 'women' cause' (and you're not alone, some of 'em are in VRS now)..LOL
but let me remind you, Men sincerely love women, ask anyone here :)
I am surprised that you of all people disagreeing with "scientific research".
As per some researchers , the ruthless attitude dates back to the hunter-gatherer days when a woman had to look after herself and withhold as much as possible from rivals in order to attract men.
Female bosses will feel more competitive towards pretty women at work when their are at their most fertile
All the good Doctor is saying is that women need to consider their timing as well as how attractive their bosses are before negotiating any deal.
Tinker you are a flower pot :)
tinker, i knw there's nothing personal here,
and whoever tries personal, well..i have stopped responding them :P
tinker, if you can't see other side i cant help,
i hate repeating but let me reiterate, i never said women are simple, i said "men do love women, it's (THIS FACT) as simple as that", "that" makes every thing simple n beautiful', [again this FACT is simple],
still you think it;s contradiction?
I agree, They're surely beautiful,
i can see one irrelevant comment n wld like to redeem n feed ppl in somalia
TINKER! enough blabbering here...you were supposed to find out something for me...get to it! :P
hahahahaha...same old, same old.... waving a piece of paper in defense ....hahahaahaha......hahahahaha...:)
let me remind QLG no-11
"If you are not interested in a topic or think someone is asking a silly question, just move onto another post instead of insulting or mocking them. Irrelevant Posts will be deleted"
while I wont comment following QLG no-4 (No more troll entertainment)
painther you need to learn when to stop while you're ahead...in this case it was never so you shouldn't have started in the first place
Darude, where have you been? I missed you :(
I wish Aunty Virus was my BOSS, so that I would have got many hikes by now ... LoL
tinker, you can surely direct your apprehension to the Lady quoted in this research or TOI/DM,
no word is mine in this post.
even if this post is found offensive, you know what to do, 'flag' it, isn't it simple.
TINKER! enough blabbering here...you were supposed to find out something for me...get to it! :P
Study conducted is US, posted in a newspaper in India and discussed in Qatar that too on QL and that too when the story cant get any more pathetic than it is right from the word go and then contradictions in english language from people who claim to be sooooooooooooooooooooooo gooooooooooooooooooooood in it....:((( ah my 'more better'...
Funny, both the sources (TOI & DM) are quoting "She", so this study or infringement or "stupidity" (as being portrayed here by male bashers) is conducted by females ( or atleast some of them are female too),
but if you love male bashing, I've no issue, almost all Men love it, (IMO)
lol darude is stalking aunty virus , beware darude kindly install anti-virus b4 u get virus ;)
tinker, check, you must've kept both the poles together.
Well atleast we can learn to bear and put up with the lady bosses when they have their %#* days but what do we do with the male bosses whose periods and bad days seem to last forever with very serious bad mood swings and not much productive work being done during this process
also darude just jelly of mah glorious afro
Ohh tinker, i forgot to see ur boxing gloves,
well, read again, I said, Men love women and THIS FACT is simple, where did I contradict myself?
even when i say i can't decode, that itself is complex.
ahem ahem
hiya :D
I know Aunty Virus. But it's still part of the whole "PMS" thing.
tinker, i can't decode what you said, but in nutshell, men do love women, it's as simple as that,
that makes everything simple n beautiful.
Great grammar, TheDark... and TB!
MissM, PMS and fertility peak are at two differnt time of the month.
well, women are complex, really complex :)
Links to Times Of India AND Daily Mail in the same thread! This is now the stupidest.... errrr most stupid thread ever.
lovely hijack to dailymail
Both painther. And here's my "counter-evidence" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2219122/Why-PMT-big-problem-think--saying-woman-WILL-bad-mood.html
Premenstrual syndrome in women has been over-estimated and may not be the cause of women’s bad moods at certain times of the month.
That’s the controversial suggestion by Canadian researchers, who have suggested that symptoms such as irritability are often unfairly blamed on a woman’s period when other factors such as stress or a lack of support may be to blame.
In a new study published in the journal Gender Medicine, researchers at the University of Toronto assessed a wealth of research relating to premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
They concluded it ‘failed to provide clear evidence in support of the existence of a specific premenstrual negative mood syndrome’.
The problem is we tend to dismissively blame everything on PMS, disregarding other reasons why women may be angry or upset.
‘The idea that any emotionality in women can be firstly attributed to their reproductive function - we're sceptical about that,’ lead researcher Dr Sarah Romans told The Atlantic.
also good morning :)
they are meant to be creepy and glaring...stop emasculating me :_(
MM, The superlative form of stupid is most stupid, as in I made the most stupid mistake, not stupidest. Stupidest can be heard and seen everywhere, but it’s wrong.
Stupid is just like lucid (same -id ending). The comparative form is more lucid, and the superlative form is most lucid. Likewise, the comparative form of stupid is more stupid, and the superlative form is most stupid. In fact, in general, -id words use more and most instead of –er and –est. (The water was more tepid, he was the most lucid, they could have been more candid, his reflexes have grown more torpid, the milk was the most rancid, his tongue had grown more acrid. No one would even think to say tepidest, lucidest, candidest, torpidest, rancidest, or acridest.)
tinker I agree, thanks to TOI, i needn't to go elsewhere for my porn appetite :)
but they're the no1 newspaper, seems every1 like 'em :P
good one aunty!! especially with bull manure!
rofl!
omg TB is talking to me :o
Aunty thats not enough i demand atleast 50%
MissMimi, you think findings are stupid or study itself or what?
Bull manure! I normally give 25% hike to handsome MEN when I am on heats.
This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
Vic, i dont know, but wish to know :)
what about flaterring comments and appreciation?
''Resource competition is important because women need to acquire products - clothing, makeup, accessories, and so on - to enhance their attractiveness''
Yer not to survive, who cares about that...just to enhance attractiveness...
efforts by the people who did this study ..
I had a female boss once. She had a fertility peak which lasted 2 years, maybe longer. I resigned after that so don't know.
whats your conclusion, when I should negotiate for pay rise ;D