offside adjective (IN SPORTS) âº uk â /ËÉfËsaÉªd/ us â /ËÉËf-/ US also offsides, us â /ËÉËfËsaÉªdz/ uk â (in particular sports, especially football and hockey) in a position that is not allowed by the rules of the game, often in front of the ball. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words. General terms used in ball sports.
Scholars approach the question of leadership differences between men and women through the social construct of gender, or traits associated with masculinity or femininity, Cummings noted, adding that biology does not entirely determine gender issues because there can be masculine women and feminine men.
She makes no attempt, for instance, to examine the leadership techniques of todayâs successful men, despite, or possibly because, many of these men are likely to be cultivating the very qualities Book labels intrinsically female. Nor does Book tell us where women keep their presumably sex-linked leadership skills.