Mar 05, 2002 07:06
A friend referred this to me with the comment 'this is you m'dear'.... I dunno, I agree I am an alpha female, but then my mother, grandmother and great-grandmother were all alpha females who were the primary breadwinners (in eras where women were not expected to work, let alone earn more than the men) so I guess it proves the theory that alpha females are made not created. People have said that when my mother and I are in a room together, the room just buzzes with electricity because we are both dominant people trying to co-exist in a space too small to hold both personalities. As soon as one leaves the room, the atmosphere calms down somewhat.
And somehow, alpha female sounds so much nicer than corporate bitch. I guess if you can understand the following article, you can understand more about me.
Taken from www.dailytelegraph.com.au
Don't monkey about with the alpha girls
05mar02
Alpha women are aggressive, competitive and, says new research, quite primal in their approach. MICHELLE CAZZULINO reports IT became an anthem for a generation of females in the mid-80s: sisters who were, as the song went, doin' it for themselves, standin' on their own two feet and ringin' on their own bells. According to research out of the US this week, a breed of "sisters" are standing on a lot more than their own two feet