{The Hero and the Committee (2)}[17th February 1988]

[Redbook5:18-19][19880217:1945]{The Hero and the Committee (2)}[17^th February 1988]

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'There is something about the psychological framework of women that makes them much more natural team players than men.'* – [AZ], Development Director, [...] Museum, commenting on the helpfulness of women and the unhelpfulness of men when she asked those in similar jobs for advice about how to do her own – quoted by Andrew Lycett, [The] Times, today, p.13. (I don't think men were unhelpful because she was a woman – in my experience of both asking, and being asked for, advice, men are equally unhelpful to men. But would women have helped a man? I don't know; but I suspect, in a many cases, yes.)

'There's an acute shortage of real men these days. I don't mean that in a macho sense, but simply men who know where they are going and what they are about.' – Lauren Bacall,** quoted in '& Briefly', [The] Times, today, p.13. – exactly adjacent to [AZ]'s comment [quoted above], as it happens.

****These two comments beautifully contrast the G~ and M~ hemisphere archetypal relationships, as well as fitting the pattern of multiplicity v. single-mindedness.# One could expect multiplicity of personality within the mind to show also in plurality of relations between minds. Single[-]mindedness has been distinguished (above – I think)#* from singleness of purpose, but they are often linked. For all the emphasis on boys' school teamsmanship (in games etc.) and adult male clubability (extraverts are found at Sagitarius-Scorpio, I think, not far from Schizophrenia etc. on the other side of Crisis), women – I believe – are better at teams(wo)menship, committee work, etc..#** In large organisations, among the run-of-the-mill cogs, I have noticed that the women tend to be happiest: men have a tendency to harbour secret feelings that they should be somewhere else, doing something more exciting.

There are, however (I think) contradictions in this pattern – not everything falls neatly into place, at least at first sight.#***

*cf. IV. [[Redbook4:295-298][19880109:0947][{Birthdates [continued (5)] – Great is Diana}][27th December 1987]ff;

& especially [Redbook4:296-298][19880109:0947g]{Birth dates [continued (7)] – Great is Diana [continued (3)]}[9th January 1988], 1^st para]

re 'Dianas'.

**[Lauren Bacall (/ˌlɔːrən bəˈkɔːl/, born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress and singer known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks. She was named the 20th greatest female star of Classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute, and received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2009, "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures." (Wikipaedia)]

***{cf. [[Redbook5:12-13][19880212:1155d]{Multiple Viewpoints and Single Minds [continued (4)]}[12^th February 1988],] 12}

****(& cf. [2])

#(ref [[Redbook5:9-16][19880212:1155]{Multiple Viewpoints and Single Minds}[12^th February 1988]ff] above)

#*[[Redbook5:12-13][19880212:1155d]{Multiple Viewpoints and Single Minds [continued (4)]}[12^th February 1988]]

#**Perhaps that's why boys' public [i.e. private sector] schools had to push team spirit.... <891006>

#***[For example, it is often remarked (rightly or wrongly) that men are typically more adept than women at leaving work or political arguments behind them, e.g. in the pub after work.]

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