We have to admit that we all know one, or maybe even we are one...or have been one now and again. I am talking about that woman in the office that cries at the drop of a dime. Personally, I cannot stand tears in business and I feel it pushes women back when it happens. Are emotional women unable to control the waterworks at all? Is this a medical condition?
Please don't get me wrong, there have been times - AT HOME - when I have cried because of stress, or a mistake I made, or a colleague that is laying into me, but I have never brought such emotions to the office. By the morning these emotions often pass and I don't even feel a need to cry anymore.
As strong, working women, is it our place to take the crybabies aside and let them know they are harming their career by being too emotional? Are they hurting their careers? I can't help but feel every time a male comes face to face with a woman in the office that is upset over work, there is an internal or outright eye roll. Maybe I am making this up but I swear I get the vibe of "here we go again...if you can't handle this business, maybe you should get out".
I would like to hear your thoughts on this topic, maybe I am overreacting.
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