Are women more power hungry than men?

[missindiana93]

[Anonymous]

the more liberal they are, the more power hungry they become

[Anonymous]

Yes they are

[Puppystarfish23]

I don't think so, at my work I have a lot of power and influence something I've gained over 3 years of working there. It wasn't easy and no one wanted to give me a chance because they saw me as too soft and feminine to have a voice in a male dominated industry and I'd be too interested in the life I have at home with my husband they didn't think I could do both. Be a good wife and be in a position of power at my work. Now I'm the first and only woman at work to be in position that I am in and this place has been running since the 70s.

A opportunity came up and I took it for myself I thought if they won't let me, ill do things my own way and prove them wrong and I have and it's coming back to bite all the people who doubted me in the arse wishing they didn't just see me as a quiet little woman who didn't know anything besides shoes, handbags and baking cakes.

I'm very humble about the power I have at my work and don't believe that I'm better than anyone else. I still get on with my job and keep my head down what I don't like seeing is males who've been in a position less time then me talking down to people as if they are better and that they deserve to be treated differently because of the power they have. Bragging and there achievements it's not a competition we are in the position we are in to serve are colleagues not for self gain. We were put in power because of the people tthey think it's okay to talk down to and they can quickly take it away from us.

I've seen it with so many men who've never had power in their life before it gets to there head and they start believing they are God or something. With women power is like the same as being a mother we feel we need to take care of the people we have power over and look after them as if they are our children but if anyone tries to get in the way of that we will hunt them down and make them regret it.

[SuchSightsToShowYou]

Your answer was awesome. It starts with, "I don't think so," and then you spend four paragraphs proving the opposite.

Well done.

[Puppystarfish23]

@SuchSightsToShowYou please provide me proof were I've proved that? I think you confuse a confident woman with a power hungary woman. Maybe your a little insecure in yourself and that's something you should work on.

[SuchSightsToShowYou]

" ... ill do things my own way and prove them wrong and I have and it's coming back to bite all the people who doubted me in the arse"

"... but if anyone tries to get in the way of that we will hunt them down and make them regret it."

Your own obviously false statements to the contrary, you're clearly intoxicated with your own (perceive) d power.

I have no problem with confident women. One thing they all have in common is that they don't have to SAY they're confident. So you clearly don't fall into that category.

[Puppystarfish23]

@SuchSightsToShowYou so because I said i do things my own way and now they regret undermining me and it's came back to bite them in the arse... that's me being power hunger? ... That was on them not me.

And okay maybe that did come off power hungary when I said if they come in my way ill hunt them down but I didn't mean it in the sense of power I mean if they start not working as a team and over step ill make them regret it.

I'm a big team player and I can't stand people who love to take all the glory for themselves and treat people who are helping them out like shit and unfortunately I've seen this kind of behaviour in a lot of men at my work.

[Puppystarfish23]

I'm currently working with a guy whose been at the company 4 months and thinks because he's got a little bit of power he's beneath doing his job and everyone else around him.

He told me to "fuck off" because he wanted the job I was doing for himself because he didn't want to do his own job and then told me I was being childish when I reported it to HR.

Me and a manger typed up 290 pages of documents and this guy who did none of the work thought it was for him to sign his name on it so he could get the credit for doing a job he never did.

One of the lads tried to have abit of banter with him and he threatened him by saying he can look up on the database were he lives.

He keeps going over higher superior's heads and ringing up head office over little things instead of communicating with the rest of the team.

He thinks he's in charge and gives himself new job titles that don't exist, lies about everything and is only insteaded in self gain.

Unfortunately this is not the first male I've came across whose been like this in the workplace

[Puppystarfish23]

Interested *

[SuchSightsToShowYou]

Yeah, maybe you do seem just a teensy bit power hungry. And maybe you do come across as slightly obsessed with getting revenge on workplace enemies.

[Puppystarfish23]

@SuchSightsToShowYou you know this the reason there's only like probably 1 in 5 actual real women on this site because men like you who are bitter and can't bare to see a woman have her own opinions that isn't 100000% in favour of how wonderful your gender Is. Maybe look at finding other ways at making women's eyes roll to the back of there head that doesn't involve being behind a keyboard

[SuchSightsToShowYou]

So I guess I'm just one more name on your list of enemies now.

But something tells me that was a very, very long list already.

[Puppystarfish23]

@SuchSightsToShowYou why would I see you as a enemie? I have a life away from a keyboard and dont care that much. I'm sure if we met in person we'd probably get on but people like to sometimes pretend there someone there not on the Internet

[Finchie40]

I would say so , most females’ think the whole world is going to end if things aren’t set in stone and there isn’t no set future goals. I am not saying it’s a bad thing to have goals but it shouldn’t be making someone go crazy over it. A females’ brain is wired different than a males brain her brain races with a 1000 things at once and a guys’ brain doesn’t even come close. Females’ usually need things accomplished the second she opens her mouth where us guys’ can take our time and not make a big deal about it. A female needs everything on her agenda list to be checked off before she can relax , us guys’ can take the trash out and be done for the day. She will bitch and complain if she notices him sitting down , how dare him to not help with all the other tasks she has on her list to do , he is a lazy loser. lol

[RebelinSteel]

Everyone is different, both guys n girls often just want a simple way to work through life. A lot of guys are very career focused and will pursue that career with a passion, it’s not about power though, it’s often about making more of yourself, of making an impression, advancing your career, increasing your wage. For girls, they have to prove themselves more than most guys, in some careers it can be harder for them to pursue a career ambition. It’s not really about power, as we invariable all work for someone.

[Oncewildtwiceburned]

Not at all. They want a man will power way more often than a man would want a woman with power.

In fact its obvious that most women want a man with at least some and/or more power than her.
Its also a fact that most men do not want a woman with a lot of power. Unless he’s in debt, tired of dating, already has a kid out there, and just wants a sugar momma.

Our anatomy, bone density, muscularity, endocrinology, and different unchangeable roles in reproductive plus many Millenia of different roles with other people and the environment have engrained this, that men will generally seek more power more often. Those that don’t won’t reproduce, sugar mommas are generally infertile due to age+stress.

[Oncewildtwiceburned]

There’s just no way to be nice and politically correct when addressing topics like this

[77five]

How did you turn this i to a convo about what men want in women? This isn't about attraction

[Oncewildtwiceburned]

@77five women are not more power hungry, the main reason why is man’s desire to attract a mate.

[77five]

So you think a woman’s motivation or lack there of, for power is based on attracting me?😂😂😂 Why are men so obsessed with themselves?

[Oncewildtwiceburned]

Yes man’s motivation largely has been to attract and secure mates and resources for them and his offspring, yeah thats history. People are obsessed with all sorts of weird shit these days, themselves are still coming in at numero uno thouhj

[77five]

Yea that MEN’s motivation. Not women’s. Women really dont care about attracting men as much as men care about attracting us.

[Account]

No clue about others, but all I know is that I am not. The only form of power I would desire, would be to keep existing and not in order to have power over others. That is not something I would ever want.

[RavVid]

Inherently yes because they seek influence more than guys. There is an evolutionary basis to this as woman would require support with child birth. Men found their place with what they could do and women found their place in social groups.

[Miristheiss]

No.

Men still basically run the world and the vast majority of CEO's and people who build businesses, invent products, build things and work 70-80 hour weeks, travel for work are still men.

[HawkPerception]

I would say in this current society, yes. I can't speak for how it was in the past, but I'd assume men were more power hungry back in more primal times.

[Joshydavid25]

No, look at the start of feminism.. It was all about power.. Look at Hilary Clinton, she's as power hungry as anybody could get.. Wives and girls friends are plenty controlling.. That's a bit of being power hungry..

[Nikki1989]

We have to work harder to achieve it, so maybe.

[JSkye]

I don't think so?

This kind of ambition is spread pretty evenly between men and women.

[SugarSugarplum]

This question is overly general. There are plenty of men and women who lack ambition.

[mandyfire98]

Nope just want equal power is all. Thats is apparently a huuuuuuge ask tho.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

On a psychological perspective, that hunger for power is related to personality, not gender

[LiamJHayden]

I do not know about being power hungry, but I will say that my office manager and best tech are both women, because they do both work harder than the guys.

[Crazzyyworld]

Yes.

[Ladsin2]

Not to my knowledge. Men and women both want power. They exercise it in different ways.

[msc545]

To the extent that money equals power, absolutely YES

[Anonymous]

Yes, absolutely, I find it a turn off, not because I’m “intimidated” it’s because it seems like an act of trying to be powerful.

[Anonymous]

Probably not on average, no. They have less to gain from it.

[77five]

How do we have less to gain?

[Opinion Owner]

@77five They get minimal to no benefit on the mating market. Guys with power get a HUGE benefit. It's one factor but it's a MAJOR one when pursuing power.

[77five]

Um, no. Thats what MEN want in power. Women dont go into power in hopes to attract men. Thats not our motivation. Thats your motivation. Not ours. You can't say we have less to gain just because what we desire from it is not the same as what men desire.

[Opinion Owner]

@77five I'm aware. That's literally what I said. Men have all the same motivations that women have to get power PLUS they have the better mating options. Ergo, men have MORE motivation to attain power. Hence they are more likely to be power hungry than women because it is more useful to them.

[77five]

Again, false. you're just unable to grasp and understand what women really want and how bad they want it.

[Opinion Owner]

@77five Okay--so what do women really want and how bad do they want it?

[normalice]

No. We are all power starved.

[FlamingLass]

in some cases yes

[Dongie]

Yeah, that's why they got all the shit.

[CB-Raido-Time]

Yes absolutely women want to dominate men.

[Jackson2005]

It’s just the feminazis that are power hungry

[dudegreat91]

I doubt it has anything to do with gender

[Cheerfull009]

Yes, they want to suoerseed men

[Anonymous]

Yes it seems that way lately

[DtMe89]

No, men are

[jack1924]

Nonsense

[Iron_Man]

Yes they are

[woahhh152]

Yesssss

[chocolatetwopointo]

i am for sure

[Walksbehindtherows]

Yeah

[Luckycharms12]

Definitely

[Hulk30]

Yea they are

[Anonymous]

Neah, never