Working Girl

How would you react if your boss stole your idea and pawned it off as their own?

I know how I'd feel.

I'd be pissed.

In Working Girl, Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) handled it pretty well. Me, I would have trashed the office and confronted my boss, but she used her boss, Katharine Parker (Sigourney Weaver) absence in the workplace to her advantage.

It was tough to watch a movie where there was a lack of female support in the office, especially by other female co-workers. 

Women know how difficult it is to succeed in a man's world so you would think that we would help each other and not try and tear each other down. 

When Tess found out that Katharine stole her idea, she felt betrayed. She looked up to Katharine and was constantly told that their relationship was a "two-way street" and how they could trust each other. When trust like this is broken, it's something you can't get back. 

Katharine thought she could take advantage of a young secretary and present Tess's idea as her own. And, when Tess first told her about the idea, Katharine sort of rejected it, saying that it wasn't something that the owner would go for. 

That's another thing that is wrong with Katharine's type of leadership. She hears good ideas and convinces the original thinker that they aren't good, even though they are.

When a leader hears a good idea, they should tell them how good it is. It helps boost confidence and builds a positive rapport between them. Plus, it's always nice as an employee to be recognized. 

For some men, I can understand how it might be difficult to work with a woman boss. They must not be mature or their brain not developed enough to know that IT DOES NOT MATTER.

The only reason they have a problem with it was because it used to pretty much be the norm to have a boss who was a man.

God forbid she wear a skirt or dress. 

The only difference between men and women is a chromosome. XX or XY. Why does it matter to someone if their boss is producing estrogen over testosterone? Ideas are ideas, no matter where they come from. Why is it that an idea by a woman just doesn't hold as much weight as a man's?

That's why I believe that Katharine stole Tess's idea. She's in a workplace thats a dog-eat-dog world, and the only way she knows how to work is to steal ideas. She's probably so influenced by the men around her that she lost her individuality.

Me, I don't care if I have a male or female boss. As long as they support and help me, I'm all good.

But I guess the same can't be said for men in the workplace.

Maybe shoulders are distracting.