Men and women alike would far rather be scolded by a male boss than a female one.

ECONOMIST: A woman��s place

Think of it this way: the George W. Bush administration was like a boss who loudly, repeatedly, and often incoherently scolded an employee in the open, in front of his coworkers, in a way deliberately calculated to maximize humiliation and to demonstrate authority.

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