--- title: Do Women Really Bully Each Other More at Work? description: Motto's top stories this week included two perspectives on the Democrats' internal debate on abortion, Laverne Cox on transgender rights. canonical: https://time.com/4897290/gloria-feldt-workplace-bullies-google-memo/ author: Claire Howorth article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-11T18:59:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:50.638Z og:title: This Week in Motto: The Bully at Work og:description: Is it a man or a woman? og:url: https://time.com/4897290/gloria-feldt-workplace-bullies-google-memo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14d607ecdd01da37/6988d962656a3f4d83bd13e3/workplace-bully-motto.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: stress at work, emotional pressure, angry boss and unhappy employee og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Week in Motto: The Bully at Work twitter:description: Is it a man or a woman? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14d607ecdd01da37/6988d962656a3f4d83bd13e3/workplace-bully-motto.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Week in Motto: The Bully at Work  by [Claire Howorth](/author/claire-howorth/)  ## Claire Howorth Aug 11, 2017 6:59 PM CUT  stress at work, emotional pressure, angry boss and tired unhappy woman employee stress at work, emotional pressure, angry boss and tired unhappy woman employeeanyaberkut—Getty Images/iStockphoto  by [Claire Howorth](/author/claire-howorth/)  ## Claire Howorth Aug 11, 2017 6:59 PM CUT When _The Atlantic_ published a piece titled “Why Do Women Bully Each Other At Work?” the Internet responded, as it tends to do. On Motto and Medium, Gloria Feldt [answered with a rebuttal](http://motto.time.com/4890461/women-bullying-at-work/?utm%5Fsource=motto.time.com&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=motto&utm%5Fcontent=2017081118pm&xid=newsletter-motto "undefined") and the hashtag #sistercourage, arguing that there is no way women bully other women more than men bully us. “In reality, [humans in power in general bully](https://www.thebalance.com/who-is-a-workplace-bully-s-target-2164323 "undefined") other humans who have less power — and that means women are considerably less likely to bully either women or men,” writes the former Planned Parenthood CEO. “In fact, according to the Workplace Bullying Institute which studies the phenomenon regularly, [69% of bullies are men compared to 31% of women](http://workplacebullying.org/multi/pdf/WBI-2014-US-Survey.pdf "undefined"), and approximately 60% of men’s targets are women.” Food for thought, though I’m not sure I could generalize my personal experiences. I do want to know what you think, and what your experience has been. Email me! 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Memo**](https://click.email.time.com/?qs=63ffe60cb88c52bd58c0e505a8a15140c5c4e31b6687a80bc0c529b74c74a3e58b20b27b8cfe032e08ec500b4dab6bf736773c638398dc6f "undefined") An expert in the history of computing explains how and why coding went from a mostly female job to a field with a major gender problem ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4897290/gloria-feldt-workplace-bullies-google-memo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4897290/gloria-feldt-workplace-bullies-google-memo/"},"headline":"This Week in Motto: The Bully at Work","datePublished":"2017-08-11T18:59:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:50.638Z","description":"Is it a man or a 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