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Although your situation is really terrible and I wish you are able to land a better workspace environment with a reasonable pay, I believe you missed the point of the entire OP’s question.
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I am male and have worked in both. Here are some trends I saw, which of course all have their exceptions.
Advantages of mostly male workplaces
- People are less likely to be offended
- Straight forward communication
- People are quicker to feeling comfortable with each other
- People are quick to forgive each other
Disadvantages of mostly male workplaces
- Can be rough
- Can result in hypermasculinity and competitiveness
- More aggressive toward each other
- Less compassionate of weaknesses or setbacks
- Solutions to problems can be intense and aggressive
Advantages of mostly female workplaces
- More understanding of individual differences
- Solutions tend to be less harmful/aggressive
- Individual weaknesses are accepted and accommodated
- Setbacks due to unexpected circumstances are more tolerated
Disadvantages of mostly female workplaces
- Gossip and drama
- People can hold grudges for a long time
- Shady and deceptive interpersonal interactions
- People form cliques
- Indirect communication with double meaning
- Intentional misunderstanding to play power games
This is spot on from my experience as well, you can even see this dynamic play out within individual departments in the same company.
Definitely not mine. Men gossip. are full of drama, form cliques, are easily offended, and do not forgive at all
Anecdotal but according to my SO who went from all female workplace to all male one the biggest difference is going from constant drama to no drama at all.
I think this all depends on the people, not the gender … I’ve worked in several construction all male work crews and trust me, there is a lot of drama there too.
