To find the term "girl boss" horribly patronising

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I'm seeing this phrase (along with lady boss) crop up more and more recently.

My objections are firstly that I'm a woman, not a girl, thank you very much - as are all the women I've seen "girl boss" used in reference to.

Secondly, a man is never a "boy boss" or a "man boss" - he's just "the boss". Why does the female equivalent need a qualifier in front of it?

Thirdly, the whole phrase just has an offensive ring to it - as if a woman is doing a man's job. The word actress seems to be used far less these days and yet we're happy to use the term girl boss?

I'm sure it never used to be a thing - where has it come from and AIBU to hate it?

Yes, I saw that advert this morning and it was so partronising. Something like you do your girl boss thing and we'll do the proper work

Interestingly boss lady is, i think, different because there is a male equivalent. I would refer to my boss as the boss man. But girl boss is horrendous.

Interestingly boss lady is, i think, different because there is a male equivalent. I would refer to my boss as the boss man.

Interesting! I've never heard the phrase "boss man" before. I would just say "my boss".

I’ve just seen this on the tube too. It occurred to me to take a black Sharpie to the “girl” bit but was too much of a scaredy.

I’ve no idea what it was advertising, so pants advert all round.

It's all over social media, lots of charlatans selling online 'empowerment courses' to help you be a boss bitch/girl boss/boss lady/boss babe. It's grim especially when it's claiming this language is some sort of feminist empowerment when all it does in reinforce the idea that women are not natural bosses

I find that the people who refer to themselves as girl bosses tend not to be actual bosses.

I've never heard this or seen it being used. I would automatically think it's a young 20 something trying to be clever.

Lady Boss = 🤮 You're my boss, you pay me, yes, you're a lady, your sex doesn't matter, I still probably hate you.

I hate it when women call themselves ‘girls’ full stop, whether there’s a boss attached or not. Girls are early 20s at most. Using it for adult women just sounds daft.

There’s a special place in hell for whichever misogynist twat coined that term

What makes you think it was a male term, sounds more like the sort of term someone trying to be trendy would use.

This boils my girl piss

Sorry that's revolting

I only ever see it used by MLM #bossbabes

Same here. Them, or Instagram 'influencers'.

Never come across it, because although I have worked in different roles I mostly work in childcare which is female dominated anyway.

Mumpreneur makes my anal sphincter contract. You never hear of dadpreneurs.

I see it all the time on mlm/pyramid scheme posts.

"Be a girl boss and earn seven ways from your phone"

"Ask me how I became a boss babe and made three figures from my phone before even waking up"

Same here. Them, or Instagram 'influencers'.

Self-proclaimed motivational speakers and life coaches as well.

I’ve only seen it used by young women to refer to themselves

Same. And they're usually pretending to be some big-shot businesswoman when in fact they're a freelancer with about 30 followers.

I've also only ever seen it used by MLM bots who are #BossBabes #LivingMyBestLife , usually with photos of their mug talking about how they have the best office.

The tragic thing is that everyone I know who says they're a #GirlBoss are not at all the boss because they're being nagged by their bot controllers at MLM Hun HQ

Could not agree more. Have lost a couple of really decent friends because they became mlm bossbabes and I can't take them seriously anymore. They are actually intelligent people, how they get sucked in is beyond me

^ There’s a special place in hell for whichever misogynist twat coined that term^^

What makes you think it was a male term, sounds more like the sort of term someone trying to be trendy would use.^

Not all misogynists are male.

@lllllllllll I never hear anyone saying this. Ever.

You are a girl at school, a woman once you leave school (or perhaps earlier).

Not used in the actual business world thank fuck, it screams MLM to me