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one other thing needed (for the distaff half of humankind....)
is, my Few Fellow Sisters In IT: A set of 'virtual testicles' (yah, I said it). When I go to technical meetings, I am usually the only female present (and increasingly, the only person born in the United States)......Men can argue, even curse at each other, but let me even raise my voice, and "I'm hysterical, out-of-control', yadda, yadda, yadda". So be it - I have three sons, and being the anatomical minority in the house, _never_ expected the seat to be up; my first job was on a major Eastern railroad, in a freight yard that did not have a separate women's bathroom - no problem; just announce myself before I came in, and no one in there had anything that I hadn't seen before, anyway. I let guys be guys, and if they are checking out/commenting on female attributes, I am appreciating the fact that UPS guys generally have nicer legs than FedEx guys and waaaay better legs than the United States Postal Service......
Posted by yattwood
18th Apr 2011