When applied to a woman in the workplace is HR terminology for the B*word.
In the post #metoo era "Difficult" has come to indicate a resistance to Harassment and SA.
Male Colleague (MC) to MC : I would like to to have Cindy on the team but I am told that she is "difficult" to work with.
A woman is described in the workplace as a Difficult Woman due to disagreeing with a man, rebuffing sex in workplace, having desires which conflict with the status quo
Difficult Woman...
Dino told his colleagues not to work with Lisa because she is a 'Difficult Woman ' (by which I mean she rebuffed my inappropriate sexual advances or failed to submit to my arbitrary authority)