Sexist Women Bosses

Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2013-05-25 04:13

Article here. Excerpt:

'Sari had been working in book publishing for a long time. And she was the first to admit: She preferred to work with women. In her experience, women were far superior to men as editors. They were better suited to collaborating with writers. They were more patient, more nurturing. “Women can coax far better material from writers than men,” Sari told me plainly. “It’s just a fact.” She believed it to her core.

Which is why by the time Sari ascended to the position of editorial director of a large publishing group, the majority of her hires were women. And in cases where she did hire a man, or perhaps inherited one, she admitted she was harder on him than she ever would be with her female employees, questioning his decisions or micromanaging him until she felt he’d adequately proven himself. “I have this feeling, this belief, that since male editors are often so arrogant, their own egos clash with the writer’s and prevent great material from happening,” she told me. “And I can’t have that happening with any of my projects. So I end up pushing and pushing and keeping constant tabs, jumping all over a guy for even the tiniest misstep. It’s exhausting, but that way, I can avoid one mistake from turning into many.”'

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If you are a male and an aspiring writer of novels or something akin you may well face difficulty in finding a male editor nowadays and getting published especially if
your subject is not friendly to the female.It is what is called "real power" and that all lies with females now
and will always remain so.
If you are male you are held to a standard,if you are female you can work for a cause,just or not.

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Submitted by saracen395 on Sun, 2013-05-26 16:21

Possibly that's what happened to Martin van Creveld, I dunno. He wrote "The Privileged Sex", which was mentioned here on MANN recently. Looking at his lengthy list of published works and substantial standing among contemporary military historians and analysts of the current Middle Eastern situation (as it pertains especially to Israel), you'd think that his latest book would be published by as well-known a publisher as those that have published his other works. Instead, the publisher is an Amazon company offering on-demand publishing services.

Now, this isn't to denigrate using that or any other similar service to get your book published. In fact for new authors who often can't get their foot in a publisher's door, this may be a great way to see how well your book is received; in the past, you'd never have the chance to find out, if a publisher didn't think it'd sell substantially. Heads, you lose. But this author is no new author; his bibliography is extensive and his place as a contemporary historian and analyst is well-established. So you'd imagine his latest book'd be getting published by a more "traditional" publishing house, probably one he's published through before. But no.

Well, this is all speculation and I admit that freely. But overall I agree with your idea that if you're going to write something that seriously challenges the P.C. dogma of the day, esp. as it pertains to feminism, you have to be prepared for a slog to get it published.

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Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2013-05-27 13:22