Poor mental health at work 'widespread'
My hot take: This is &quot;patriarchy&quot; at work in an unchecked fashion.<p>Studies of primate groups suggest male leaders protect the group from external threats, such as carnivores or war with other groups. Female leaders protect the group from internal threats.<p>As a woman who is probably some kind of alpha female, I couldn&#x27;t find any role models that worked for me.  I was a full time wife and mom for years and all our leadership models are male models that we expect women to somehow emulate and I could never make sense of it.<p>Reading up on the role of alpha females in primate groups helped me feel functional and not crazy or broken. It gave me a model I could relate to.<p>Women with careers tend to learn male -- or yang -- leadership models. YC claims it is so successful because Jessica was maternal and nurturing and they had sit down dinners like an extended family.<p>And I sometimes think that&#x27;s what&#x27;s lacking out in the world of work, that feminine influence that says you need to take care of your people to be successful and not just run them into the ground.<p>&#x2F;things I expect to regret stupidly voicing