A New York Times article published on Sunday reports that 40% of workplace bullies are women, and unlike male office bullies, women "appear to prefer their own kind, choosing other women as targets more than 70 percent of the time." What is going on here? While Minding the Workplace is "pleased that [the article] reminds us right up front that men are more likely to be bullies, even if female bullies tend to target other women," Echidne of the Snakes isn't sure it needed to be written: "This piece sounds to me like yet another in that long series the Times has: What Is Wrong With Working Women? These stories always create or magnify a problem and then offer anecdotal evidence on how awful the problem is." Fausta's Blog is not surprised by the findings: "One of the big myths of the women's movement in the US is that women are by nature supportive and nurturing, especially of other women...Having attended an all-girls' school for 11 years, and having been bullied by a woman supervisor at work, believe me when I tell you that women are as obnoxious and bullying as any."

"After decades of increasing opportunity for women in American life, the focus of gender equality in the workplace is shifting to other subtle barriers to advancement outside the normal structures of male dominance," writes American Power. Charlotte Front and Center says the finding "should be a wake-up call. Failure of women to support other women seems to be the pervading issue no matter which study you read. Many women claim they have to be extra-careful not to display 'emotions' at work, etc., which only buys in to imitating that which they were already against!" And Puma P.A.C. writes, "If four out of ten workplace bullies are women, I assume that means six out of ten workplace bullies are men. So how come we never read any hand-wringing articles of this type with titles like: 'What on Earth is Wrong With Men?'"