Talk:Queen bee (sociology)

message: I removed the pop culture list, but it was automatically re-added. I understand that it's flagged as a removal of content, but the list shouldn't be 90% of the article. 67.162.113.118 (talk) 02:34, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pop Culture List 

message: Wikipedia is not tvtropes. This page doesn't really belong here, I think the fact that the only examples here are fictional makes the situation pretty clear.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.50.175.140 (talk) 20:54, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not tvtropes 

message: 'Homophily' is not a synonym of the Queen Bee Syndrome, but is a reference to an alternative/competing theory.  The terms are rather antonymous: sisterhood vs. hostile competition/domination.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.11.33.145 (talk) 01:05, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misinformation within page

message: School diva and the queen bee really refer to the same concept, so I propose merging it here. While school diva is definitely better sourced and written, I have doubts as to how often that term is really used in English.  suggests it's hardly at all used. Compare to  (just to use an arbitrary qualifier to discourage hits on actual bees). Queen Bees and Wannabes, if nothing else, has made this the more dominant term. --BDD (talk) 07:39, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: after over a week without comment. --BDD (talk) 20:01, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: There are statements accusing conservative, non-politically-feminist women of being the most likely to be 'queen bees', and this is supported by only one reference, if that even refers. Because of the inherent pejorative nature of the concept of the 'queen bee', and the unreliability of its sources, I have placed bias and inadequate-reference templates on this section. Mr. Guye (talk) 02:05, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Given the reference to these women suceeding via their own efforts rather than via "affirmative action" programmes, they are likely to be hostile to victimhood narratives and identity politics, both of which positions would get them identifed as politically conservative.  But yes, the reference does look pejorative - effectively implying that any woman failing to engage in "gender politics" is a category traitor and worthy of condemnation. 62.196.17.197 (talk) 16:06, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  From what I've read, a "queen bee" is actively hostile to other women and doesn't want to see them achieve similar success. I'm sure such women exist, but is being opposed to affirmative action necessarily the same thing? Heck, you could argue that the "queen bee" label itself is a way of smearing and penalizing women who achieve success in male-dominated fields. Rosekelleher (talk) 23:32, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Politically Biased Section?

message: Something that should be explained, perhaps by example, is that "Queen Bee" is a title/function that the Bee herself may intentionally strive for. That is, it's not just a diagnosis or a sociological observation about the behavior patterns of others. Leptus Froggi (talk) 18:08, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Identifying with the Role