[Windguy]

Women also for some reason don't work well in even senior management roles in male dominated blue collar industries. It is a lot harder for them to earn the respect a male worker normally gives to a male boss. For some strange reason (me being chauvinistic due to past experiences) they believe they should gain each and every promotion, they believe they are flawless and if they become unpopular, everyones out to get them, not that they should look into their own backyard as to why they got passed up, why people don't want to listen to unasked for advice, or why they became unpopular. They also believe certain tasks are beneath them, they are better that those tasks. It's a rarity to find a woman who just relates to guys as a guy and knows and respects male unwritten rules in the workforce.

They also tend to go off (leave the job) with a bang, by either telling upper management we all are not working to the stage we can't call ourselves ***** or trumping up some form of harrassment charge as a final resort after sniping trouble onto certain collegues they hate.

One female collegue left me absolutely speachless with her spitefulness before her last day. And she seemed alright. The guy who's career she was trying to sabotage should be suing her instead. There are a few female collegues that do work well in a male dominated society and they know we respect them as a collegue only, for which they will be classed as one of the honourary boys. They deserve a promotion when they don't want it.

Just some of my experiences in a blue collar world where women have been employed.