Since women have learned to recognize danger to themselves, they are well equipped to recognize danger to others, especially those younger, gentler or more innocent. Unlike deer frozen in the headlights of oncoming destruction, women act if a threat arises, catching children before they run headlong over a precipice. On campus, this ability translates to women being well organized, having superb timing, seeing the big picture and caring about those they serve. Just as mothers love all their children equally, I have found women administrators seek success for all their employees, and women educators seek success for all their students. In student-centered education, equity is key.
Women are the makers, the shapers, the recipients, becoming both the sculptor and the sculpture.
Not fitting the mold is a sign of creativity and imagination. Working with young people on campus, women are adept at helping them find their own way rather than forcing them down a well-trod path. Narcissism at work Critics fault women for being too introspective, too analytic about relationships and what they mean, too vain and self-conscious. Some even complain about women fidgeting in meetings. Movements considered fidgets as a woman sits down at a meeting are a means of gathering data about the space and its inhabitants.