More Backlash?

The American Lawyer isn’t the only publication to observe “the end of sisterhood.” (See Laura’s post of May 6.) The New York Times today ran Backlash: Women Bullying Women at Work, which discusses just that and posits that some women may feel the need to be super-aggressive to get ahead, and not be able to turn that off; or, alternatively, that they fear other women’s success will sabotage their own careers. That’s particularly true where women don’t see themselves as part of a group but only as individuals, which could be a typical workplace—say, a law firm—scenario. Of course, men bully each other at work as well. But women are typically starting from behind and don’t need any more obstacles, as the article points out.