Register - WIN a $10,000 Safari | Login  The enemy within for
female executives  July 8, 2004  If a reality TV show is any
guide, women are failing to work together to get ahead, writes
Miranda Devine.  At a time when sex discrimination claims are
again hitting the headlines, the hit TV reality show The
Apprentice offers a fascinating insight into what may be going
wrong for women in the corporate world. Starring the New York
billionaire property mogul Donald Trump and airing on Channel
Nine on Monday nights, it may only be a TV show, but like the
best reality programs it is also a very public, accessible and
elaborate experiment in human psychology. It provides an
unexpected insight into why women seem to get marginalised in a
corporate environment, even if they are smarter than the men
they work with.  Like the alpha girl "plastics" in the movie
Mean Girls, the women of The Apprentice have wasted emotional
energy fighting for the top "girl spot", over-analysing,
arguing, putting each other down, and competi