Reply #103: It is not nearly so simple [View All]

[pmbryant]

Your wife is very fortunate to work in a male-dominated field amongst men willing to tolerate an aggressive woman. Unfortunately, there are many, many places where this is not the case.

Even salin's example above was not a terribly bad example, as at least the people in power there had some sympathy. I have seen plenty of examples, though, where it is the people in power themselves who set the example of walking over and mistreating any woman who dares to aggressively speak her mind.

If only it were so simple a problem as to be solved merely by "being more forceful".

--Peter