New Delhi, Aug 18 - 'Man smart, Woman smarter', the catchy number sung by Harry Belafonte years ago may not be music for all men. According to a survey, 62 percent men smart while working alongside bold and aggressive women.

Conceptualized by TV channel CNN-IBN and conducted in several cities including Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, Patna, Bhopal, Pune, Kochi and Surat, the poll has taken views of men and women in the age group 18-50.

'It's a fact that women are more smart, informative and decisive and men are undoubtedly insecure. And I don't have any qualms in accepting that it becomes a pain most of the times working with such women because they constantly tend to circumcise your male ego knowingly or unknowingly,' Ateet Aggarwal, a banker, told IANS.

'It becomes intolerable sometimes because at the end of the day there are huge ego hassles,' he added.

Mumbai-based Chitresh Sinha agreed with Aggarwal and said: 'When men work with women it's usually about proving themselves. It's a natural feeling and when you have a bold, aggressive woman working with you, it becomes much harder for men to prove themselves.'

Adding to this, Zubin Kaul, a software professional, said: 'I find it really uncomfortable to work with a female boss who is biased against men. They have this feeling that men are good for nothing and they look for opportunities to pull you down.'

If we look at today's scenario - we have women at the top posts in every industry playing the lead role of a perfect boss to perfection. Some men feel that a female boss behaves like a 'mad woman' if she is single.

'I had this bad experience of having a female boss who was single.