Shorter paraphrase of "Managing the Woman's Way" excerpt:

ORIGINAL:                                                               PARAPHRASE:

Generalizing about male and female styles             It is difficult to characterize a feminine
in management is a tricky business, because         management style because of the
stereotypes have traditionally been used to            risks of stereotyping. To defend against
keep women down.                                                  these stereotypes, women act like men.

Not too long ago it was a widely accepted                
truth that women were unstable, indecisive,           
temperamental and manipulative and weren't        
good team players because they'd never
played a team sport like football.

In fighting off these prejudices many women          
simply tried to adopt masculine traits in the           
office.