Are Business Women More Receptive to Helping Each Other Online

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From http://keepupwiththeweb.com 4584 days ago
Made Hot by: Cathode Ray Dude on October 10, 2011 12:12 am

Have social networking sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, Google Plus and Twitter had an impact on how business women work together and help each other?

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Written by kwalinskas
4581 days ago

I can easily believe that women would be more sensitive to help each other out online. While there are always women that will tear each other down to reach the top, I don't believe that is the rule, but the exception. Women are generally more receptive to subtle cues and nuances and would easily notice a subtle "cry for help" that a man might miss.

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Written by businessavante
4584 days ago

Hi Sherryl.

Generally, women are better at giving emotional support (not all women, obviously - like those you describe as deliberately tearing down their female competition in order to raise themselves).

The last 3 months, RTV has been showing "Starsky & Hutch" reruns - from the mid-late '70's**, when men were briefly supposed to be sensitive, to cry at the drop of a hat, etc. The more they go through the series, the more laughable it gets (not to mention the music & clothes). (If you haven't seen it in decades, it's a howl on those grounds alone - it's on in the background as I'm typing this.) Women soon tired of the "fem-man", and decided they'd rather have Benito Mussolini.

Duncan

**I might add that this phenom is nowhere near as apparent in other '70's shows as it was in Starsky & Hutch - I've recently seen reruns of Rockford, Kojak, etc, but they're nothing in comparison for the sensitive man bit. I remember it from being in my 20's at the time, but seeing it played to the hilt on a then-contemporary TV show is quite funny now. It seems like either star may be about to cry at any moment.

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