Catfights over handbags and tears in the toilets. When this producer launched a women-only TV company she thought she'd kissed goodbye to conflict...

By Samantha Brick  7 April 2009

Over in one corner sat Alice, a strong-minded 27-year-old who always said what she thought, regardless of how much it might hurt someone else. In the other corner was Sarah, a thirtysomething high-flier who would stand up for herself momentarily - then burst into tears and run for the ladies.
Their simmering fight lasted hours, egged on by spectators taking sides and fuelling the anger. Sometimes other girls would join in, either heckling aggressively or huddling defensively in the toilets. It might sound like a scene from a tawdry reality show such as Big Brother, but the truth is a little more prosaic: it was just a normal morning in my office........It was an idealistic vision swiftly shattered by the nightmare reality: constant bitchiness, surging hormones, unchecked emotion, attention-seeking and fashion rivalry so fierce it tore my staff apart.............. Read more

My Take - Years ago I worked in a office with a large secretarial pool, and one thing became blatantly obvious - women hate women.  Same stuff this woman discusses.  Every week someone was raked over the coals, and some were taken over the coals for more than one week.  Especially if they were attractive and not part of the clique. And it was done by one clique or the other.  The secret I learned was to keep out of it - unless you're in charge - then find out who is the primary instigator fire the primary instigator.  That stops it....at least for a while..... but they're still women, and they will revert to character, and someone else will have to be fired.  After all - They're all Eve's daughters.  The reality is this - men are better at running things than women.  It's biological - get over it!