Female to Female Bullying: Myth or Reality?

Are women really each other’s worse enemy or is it just a myth and a stereotype?  What does the research show about women’s hostility to other women, sometimes called bullying, in the workplace?  Bullying is a learned behavior that gets fine-tuned during our school years.  Girls and women tend to bully using more subtle nuanced types of tactics that are relationship-based.  Men’s ways of bullying tend to be more aggressive. Is female to female bullying an issue that deserves attention apart from general workplace bullying? Is discussing women’s hostility to women feeding into the stereotype of women’s “nasty” behavior at work?  Perhaps if women are bullying other women they need to be told to “put on your big girl panties” and deal with it, as the saying goes. Do we have different expectations of women’s behavior at work than we do of men’s behavior? If so, could that be playing a role in the perception that women bully women? Do we have a responsibility, as women, to support our “sisters” at work?

Why Should You Attend?

Some do not believe there is a difference in the ways men and women bully, and if there is, what is the big deal.  They may be right.  The research suggests, however, that the two genders do tend to bully using some different tactics.  Because women’s ways of bullying are generally subtler, managers may not recognize it as bullying and ignore the behavior thereby giving tacit approval for it to continue.  This leads to poor morale, lack of trust in management, poor performance, absenteeism and turnover. 

Learning Objectives

1. To describe women’s ways of bullying
2. To discuss the theoretical causes and contributing factors of women’s bulling
3. To determine if bullying could be illegal harassment
4. To explore the impact of women bullying their colleagues
5. To identify management’s role in the prevention and intervention of women’s bullying
6. To list the steps to take if targeted by a bully

Areas Covered

• Theories as to whether women are more hostile to each other than to men
• Sexism and stereotypes in our perceptions of women and men’s bullying
• The nexus of bullying and harassment
• Impact of bullying on witnesses
• Tort Laws
• Tokenism

Who Should Attend

• Anyone in management at all levels
• Human Resources generalists, managers, directors
• Women and men

Speaker(s)

Dr. Susan Strauss

Dr. Susan Strauss is a national and international speaker, trainer, consultant and a recognized expert on workplace and school harassment and bullying. She conducts harassment and bullying investigations and functions as an expert witness in harassment and bullying lawsuits. Her clients are from business, education, healthcare, law, and government organizations from both the public and private sector. Dr. Strauss has conducted research, written over 30 books, book chapters, and journal articles on harassment, bullying, and related topics. She has been featured on television and radio programs as well as interviewed for newspaper and journal articles. Susan has a doctorate in organizational leadership. She is a registered nurse, has a bachelor’s degree in human services and counseling, a master’s degree in community health, and professional certificate in training and development. She has been involved in the harassment and bullying arena since 1985.

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