Does "lady boss" as a term sound weird to a native speaker of English like you?

Question

I'm not a native speaker of English. There was a question raised on this issue here in Taiwan that drew an interesting view to the following effects:
that as far as Americans are concerned "boss" is generally used;
that "lade boss" is rarely used, and
that there is difference to be made between "lady boss" and "femail boss".

Do you or would you use "lady boss" to denote "a boss who is female"? What is your other take on this?

Thanks for your inputs.

Answer 1

"lady boss" is a bit strange. I would use "boss lady". But I think this is generally considered slang.

When speaking in a general conversation about ones employer or supervisor you do not specifically denote their gender unless it is necessary or you would refer to them by name.

For example:

"My boss, Susie, was really getting on my nerves today."

For the rest of the conversation you would use the boss' name instead of their title.

Answer 2

These days most people just say boss. But for some people, having women in high positions is a new thing, so they feel the need to say lady boss or people will assume the boss is a guy.

Answer 3

It shouldn't happen because there are laws against discrimination due to race, gender, sexual orientation, and religion. However, it's probably due to the current mind set of the American people, and the want for the A-typical American (sadly, that is Caucasian) to teach people from other countries English. This is hypothetical, because I've never applied to teach ESL (I'm still in High School), but it seems that that might be the case. If you feel discriminated against, talk to the Attorney General. Also, the original English-speakers were Caucasian, so that might also be a factor (though not all Caucasians speak English). Heck, a lot of "native speakers of English" can't even speak English.

Answer 4

A female supervisor, or superior over employees is the boss.

In my opinion...
"Lady boss" is an outdated and unsophisticated term.

A male or female executive, owner, manager or supervisor who is in charge of the company is the boss.

The terms "boss lady" and "lady boss" both sound weird to me.

I would personally be less concerned with the fact that my boss was male or female than with focusing on my job performance.

Answer 5

You wouldn't use "lady boss". In English we would just use boss which is gender neutral. If what is a conversation and the gender of the boss was important somehow you could say "My boss is a woman".

Answer 6

I think it would be rude to say "lady boss" or "female boss." A boss means the same thing, no matter what gender. If you wanted to let someone know that your boss is female, it would be better to refer to them as Ms/Mrs Whoever.

Answer 7

It would just be called your boss here. We see no reason gender would have to be designated, it doesn't make the job or the ability of the boss any different.

Answer 8

lady boss is rarely used as its bad english it should just be boss regardless of gender

lady boss and female boss are the same just the second one is more polite and lady boss would be more of a slang term

Answer 9

"Lady boss" is definitely wrong. If it means anything, it means the man in charge of all the ladies, like a "slave boss" is in charge of all the slaves.

"Female boss" and "boss lady" both mean what you want to say. The first is very colloquial, and the second is very slangy and disrespectful.

What about "manageress"?

Answer 10

a boss is a boss is a boss. Putting a gender to it is not necessary unless your sexist