The word "*****" is very ugly....... I have to agree..... I can say I've worked for women who are secure with who they are and are assertaive and a dream to work for.. And I have worked for insecure, "*****es" who were a nightmare to work for..... So not only being assertive, it is also important to be secure in who you are....... I never thought of the strong, sercure women who knew who they are and what they were doing ever once as a *****.. but you also knew they wanted the job done right and you did it right...... the other type no matter what you did never pleased them... they always complained and *****ed... lol