The “enlightening article” about women in the workplace strikes me as being more about the perils of awful leadership than about women, per se. I’ve been in the workforce for 25 years, leading both men and women. While there are certainly gender differences, both are effective in workplaces that are well-managed. The author of the article admits her own low expectations and failure to act in the face of inappropriate behavior. When a woman sticks her hand down her blouse and tweaks her nipples in a conference room, that’s grounds for immediate dismissal — not writing a policy manual about respecting others.
Similarly, while Palin has been attacked on the basis of her gender, let’s not trivialize this as merely a “mean girls” problem. The left will dehumanize whomever dares to disagree with them and will attack on the basis of whatever pressure point they can find, be it gender, class, religious faith, age, or skin color.
Where the hell are all the grown-ups?
