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Using the word 'bossy' for girls can be quite harmful. What is that saying - that being focused, being assertive, being the boss has a negative attribute? And I have heard that term associated more with women than with men. 'He's so bossy' - you don't hear that. It's a very subtle thing.

We call our little girls bossy. Go to a playground; little girls get called bossy all the time - a word that's almost never used for boys - and that leads directly to the problems women face in the workforce.

Keeping a feminine approach is vital - men hate bossy females.

I've always been bossy.

For me, saying 'I'm bossy' is a cute, tongue-in-cheek way of saying that I'm in control of my life.

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.

I would hate people to think bossy is all I can do.

When women are in positions of power it's a hard place to be, especially when that position involves bossing men around.

I swear I'm not bossy in any other aspect of my life - it's just on set.