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FOR THE LADIES: Should You Flirt To Get Ahead At Work? Study Says: YES! What Do You Say?

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I so love this topic. Let’s face it women, we all flirt with the boss, our colleagues and male friends once in a while.  And the men just love it when the ambitious seductress in the workplace, when the smothering knockout or the practical temptress makes a pass at them or flirt with them. But I don’t fully buy into this study.

According to a recent study by Laura Kray (University of California-Berkeley) “the rest of us (women) might get-ahead by following in our line-crossing footsteps: “feminine charm.”  Translation: women can really get ahead by flirting.

Say what? Wait, really!. If that is true then I should be a manager by now because I am quite the flirt myself.

I flirt to get my way sometimes, I flirt because I want a guy to feel good about himself and I flirt because I just love to flirt as simple as that.

So why does flirting work? Per Kray, it’s “a signal of dominance and confidence and self-regard.”

I feel that but wait before you start calling me the B word or all the other awful names you can ever think of or even misconstrue my character.

Let me make this as clear as possible. I love to flirt but the idea of flirting to get ahead to me isn’t really empowering at all (not my style, really).

To me, it is kind of… backward to think that you can flirt to get ahead. Let’ s look at it this way, Is a victory a victory no matter how you earn it, or is it hollow if you had to fawn over a dude to get there?

Also, how flirty is too flirty? And if we’re trying to level ground and break the gender gap, can this all really help? The answer is NO to me.

Now, before you start batting your eyelashes at your boss (which is a no go area for me), keep in mind that: although a little girlish charm could be a good thing in the workplace, it will hurt you if it’s perceived in the wrong way.

Okay, now I need to hear your thoughts. Would you ever flirt at work? Do you buy this study? Have you ever flirted to get your way–in a career context?

What is your stand when it comes to flirting at work?



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8 thoughts on “FOR THE LADIES: Should You Flirt To Get Ahead At Work? Study Says: YES! What Do You Say?”

  1. To the writer i know  this ain’t  my business but I been through such a dilemma. Woman  keep moaning that men treat them as ‘sex objects’, my question is: isn’t this another example of female hypocrisy and double standards? Do you female always think about he consequences behind it or not. don’t you think most girls that flirt with their boss are an idiot if they flirt with their  boss. And aren’t you setting women back a million years by your behaviour. What will you do when he isn’t your boss any more and they discover how incredibly incompetent you are?  I see girls like that more like a whore why trade sex for financial gain. You can pretend all you want, but you are trading sexual contact to get ahead whether or not there is penetration.

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  2. Some ppl claim u have to use what u have to get what u want.Some men will do special favours for women because they give them the attention and all men like it when beautiful women give them attention whether it may lead to sex or not

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