Are female bosses allowed?

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Margaret_Ann said:
Bryn Athyn, Bryn Mawr, Gwynedd
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Hello Margaret,

‘Bryn’ means ‘hill’; and ‘Mawr’ means ‘big’, ‘large’, or ‘great’; and so Bryn Mawr means ‘Big Hill’.

‘Athyn’ is not a Welsh word. I understand that the founders of Bryn Athyn intended the name to mean ‘Hill of Unity’; but the Welsh for ‘unity’ is ‘uneb’, or ‘cyfundeb’.

It’s possible that ‘athyn’ is a local dialect word that has not entered standard Welsh; or perhaps the town’s founders were not that clever when it came to the Language!

Gwynedd is an ancient kingdom, covering Northwest Wales. It is said to have been founded by Cunedda, a British chieftain.

Some believe that ‘Gwynedd’ is a variant of Cunedda. Others, that it’s a translation of ‘Venedotia’, the Roman-Briton Latin name for the area.

‘Gwynedd’ has no specific meaning. In the Collins-Spurrell Welsh Dictionary it is rendered ‘North West Wales’; unlike, for example, ‘Yr Unol Daleithiau’ (the ‘United States’); or ‘Eryri’ (‘Snowdonia’).

I hope this helps 😀
 
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I’m sure I’ve read that even in male dominated societies in centuries past, it was not uncommon for a widow to assume control of a business after her husband died, essentially becoming the boss. I’m not aware of the Church ever prohibiting this. And now more than ever I see the Church encouraging women to take on leadership roles.

My boss for 25 years was a woman. She was actually an equal partner with her husband, but officially she owned the business and was very involved in overseeing every aspect. Since it was an electrical contracting business, over 90% of her employees were men, including me. We all respected her, since she was both competent and caring.
 
Woman can be bosses but hopefully one day we get to the point where women no longer need or want to be in the workforce. . . . Unfortunately we live in a world that views being a mother and a housewife to be less important than working when they are both equal in importance.
 
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The best manager of my division was a woman, who was also VP of that division.

She was great with the men, but nasty toward the women managers in the department.

I saw her embarrass the woman in charge of manufacturing, who ended up leaving and was replaced by a male manager.

For my female coworkers, most of them said they’d rather work for 20 male bosses over one female boss. 😃
 
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Agreed. Women belong in the workforce because every single person has unique talents and knowledge, and there is no way to maintain a modern rate of progress if we discredit the intelligence and skills of an entire sex.

Plus, women will always be more comfortable around women and men will always be more comfortable around men. I can’t imagine what doctor’s visits would have been like if my physician was a woman.
 
Riman643 said:
Woman can be bosses but hopefully one day we get to the point where women no longer need or want to be in the workforce. From how I interpret Genesis and data women are meant to work and provide and women are meant for child raising and housekeeping.
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My husband’s dead and I have no kids, and all of our aged parents have also passed away.
I’m sorry you have a problem with me wanting to use my skills and contribute to the economy rather than sit around mooching off the public dime.
Fortunately, the Church doesn’t share your interpretation of Genesis, nor did they share it before I was married, or before my mother was married when she likewise supported herself for 15 years before she met my father rather than just expecting her elderly dad to keep supporting her all that time.

Seriously, your comment is offensive.
 
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For my female coworkers, most of them said they’d rather work for 20 male bosses over one female boss. 😃
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The woman in charge of manufacturing and the other “women managers” in your example were also bosses.

I’ve had great bosses of both genders - also toxic bosses of both genders.

A particular gender does not mean the person is more likely to be toxic, or toxic to one gender.
 
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You are saying that you hope that one day women won’t be working as nurses, doctors, etc and that men should be the ones helping with women in intimate areas of healthcare?
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Prepare for a lot more sexual harassment and assault cases involving doctors in that case…
 
I am sorry you feel that way. I have no issues with anyone working in the workforce if they do choose. To me, it seems like the natural order as shown in Genesis is for men to work and women to be the raisers of children and house makers. It would be a mistake imo to try and say women should be “forced” to do anything related to their careers. I am just saying how I interpret Genesis.
 
We are concerned on this forum with how the Church interprets Scripture, not with your personal interpretations. Or anyone else’s personal interpretations, especially when they deviate from Church teachings.

There were women way back in the early Church who had jobs. Tentmaker, shop owner. Jesus didn’t have a problem with it.
 
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Okay? The OP asked and I just gave what I a thought. You know, like a different perspective. You seem almost upset at me and I don’t understand why.
 
Riman643 said:
You know, like a different perspective. You seem almost upset at me and I don’t understand why.
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I think if you think about it, you will understand why some of us are not too happy with your perspective.

You pretty much just put down all women who have careers. That’s me, my mother and all of my aunts, all good Catholics. Mom and the aunts were born under Popes like Pius X, Benedict XV, and Pius XI.
 
I really don’t see how that is offensive. That would entail women, by themselves and their own free will, deciding they don’t want to be in the work force. I would never suggest that women be forced to not be in the workforce. That was not what I was saying at all.
 
And that very well could be. That is just not how I interpreted Genesis.
 
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Of course women can be a boss,
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How is that reconciled with the Bible? 1 Timothy 2: 11-12
“Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.”
 
I believe that has more to do with spiritual authority rather than civil, industrial, or household authority.
 
Riman643 said:
That would entail women, by themselves and their own free will, deciding they don’t want to be in the work force.
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The fact that you expressed this as desirable is what upsets me and others. Why should women not want to work, but men still should?
 
The Church has only defined specific meaning and understanding to certain scriptures. I don’t believe they have made such a determination for the passage in Genesis.
 
Well it is how God himself created us to be. That is a tough authority to challenge imo so I don’t.
 
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