Belittling female subordinates allows "Queen Bees" the opportunity to show more masculine qualities, which they see as more culturally valuable and professional.

He was further criticized for an outrageous temper, often aimed at female subordinates.

At one company, she added, male supervisors were not allowed to give performance reviews to female subordinates unless a lawyer was present.

A few weeks earlier, General Hood dispatched the previous head of his guard operation and two other senior officers for fraternizing with female subordinates.

As a woman she could never outrank a man, but her control over both female prisoners and her female subordinates was absolute.

In 1984, two female subordinates denounced Ursu to the Securitate for his diary.

Their implication was that we should all get a sense of humor about predatory sexual behavior on the part of powerful men with female subordinates.

In April, the Council censured him after two female subordinates accused him of sexual harassment.

Those officers later swore that the drunken person was one of Ms. Brookner's female subordinates.