The intimidating corporate bitch

Posts like this are the reason why I still have Wizbang in Google Reader.

The post got me thinking about a few things. I am not an alpha male,
but neither am I a gamma either. I am more of a lone wolf, for lack of
a better pack title to put myself into with respect to a subject like
that. I don't mind leading, I don't at all mind following competent
people, generally I prefer to just do my own thing. That said...

I am not the sort of man who most of these "strong, independent women" who are the subjects of such stories could understand. My attitude toward working women is generally like that of the man who was featured as the archetypal patriarchical villain in the Daily Mail story. Yet I married a woman who at this point in our careers makes a good deal more than I do, is older than I am, and more established than I am.

The reason it works is because my wife is a good woman who tries to be a nice person. She is not a competitive bitch like many of these women who don't mind having their romantic foibles published before an audience of millions. While she does want to stay at home when we get the means to do so, the fact of the matter is that by the logic of these women she should intimidate me, but in reality she does not. If anything, she makes me feel at ease when I am with her. It's a character difference, and not one that these corporate skanks are likely to grok.

One of the things that I inherited from my mom's side is a very strong will. You cannot match up two strong-willed people and expect it to be pretty unless they agree on the majority of things. Any male above gamma in the pack hierarchy is going to be assertive on at least a few things that matter to him; it is simply insane to expect many of these "alpha women," who seem to expect to get their way at all times, to be able to deal with hearing "no" from a man. It can only get worse when it comes from a man who is stronger, and more assertive, which is why the desire of these "alpha females" to have an "alpha male" is so ridiculous. It is pretty much a given that an alpha male will, by nature, give them only two choices in the broader context of the relationship: submit or separate.