Of Man & Woman

Surprisingly the issue that I thought would be 'boring' { yawn yawn }, on the other hand became quite a 'hot' topic of discussion :)

Well, I am not trying to say that man is bad, woman is good :p but just to highlight the practices that has been going on around world. Just to fulfil some of my social obligations to make this world a better place :)

In order to understand the issue better perhaps I should enclosed another 'clip' taken from this marvellous book. This particular chapter talks about the masculine and feminine cultures. It is said that in a highly 'masculine' culture, men are viewed as assertive, oriented to material success and strong. While women on the other hand, are viewed as modest, focused on the quality of life and tender. In a highly 'feminine' culture, both men and women are encouraged to be modest, oriented to maintaining a quality of life and tender. The ten countries with the highest masculinity score are Japan, Austria, Venezuela, Italy, Switzerland, Mexico,Ireland, Jamaica,Great Britain and Germany.

As mentioned in the book, masculine cultures emphasize success and socialise their people to be assertive, ambitious and competitive. members of masculine cultures are thus more likely to confront conflicts directly and to competitively fight out any differences; they are more likely to emphasize win-lose conflict strategies.

Feminine cultures emphasize the quality of life and socialise their people to be modest and to emphasize close interpersonal relationships. Members of feminine cultures are thus more likely to emphasize compromise and negotiation in resolving conflicts; they are more likely to seek win-win solutions.

Organisations can also be viewed in terms of masculinity or femininity. Masculine organisations emphasize competitiveness and aggresiveness. They focus on the bottom line and reward their workers on the basis of their contribution to the organisation. Feminine organisation are less competitive and less aggresive. They are more likely to emphasize worker satisfaction and reward their workers on the basis of need; those who have large families, for example, may get better raises than the single people, even if the singles have contributed more to the organisation.