My mentor at work is a woman, and talks about this constantly. She is incredibly based, and is working under me only because her kids are grown and out of the house and she gets bored otherwise (yes, she is below me and I still consider her my mentor- she's an incredibly sharp woman with a huge amount of knowledge in my field, while I am relatively new). When I moved up a position she dragged me aside for a little discussion. Her primary concern? "ModernKnight, you had BETTER NOT put a woman in your position. You'd better do your best to make sure it's a man in that position. I don't care what woman it is, DO NOT put a woman in charge! I've been under too many horrible female supervisors over the years, and if you put a woman over me I WILL QUIT! I'll do it! I'll just pack up and walk out on you!" She is amazing.
My mentor at work is a woman, and talks about this constantly. She is incredibly based, and is working under me only because her kids are grown and out of the house and she gets bored otherwise (yes, she is below me and I still consider her my mentor- she's an incredibly sharp woman with a huge amount of knowledge in my field, while I am relatively new). When I moved up a position she dragged me aside for a little discussion. Her primary concern? "ModernKnight, you had BETTER NOT put a woman in your position. You'd better do your best to make sure it's a man in that position. I don't care what woman it is, DO NOT put a woman in charge! I've been under too many horrible female supervisors over the years, and if you put a woman over me I WILL QUIT! I'll do it! I'll just pack up and walk out on you!" She is amazing.
She sounds like a real cool lady. I can understand why you consider you her mentor.
Nice. It's so refreshing to hear decisions made for the well being of everyone based off of reality instead of PC expectations.