I have had something similar happen to me, particularly with movies. I was out one night when I was about 22, and there was an older fellow with us who was a work colleague of my friend. We were talking about quoting movies or something, and I was starting to say something about Pulp Fiction or The Godfather (I forget…

When you meet people for the first time and they shake everyone in the group’s hand but yours because you are the only woman. Legit they drop the last man’s hand, look at me and then smile and nod. OHHOHOHOHOFUCK THAT I just stick my hand out obnoxiously and wait until they get uncomfortable and have to shake it. And…

I am a youngish unmarried, childless woman. I work with a lot of married, childful men. Almost every single one of them works very late because they don’t want to deal with their kids or their wife. I used to think they were just busy, but they waste a ton of time during the day. So, if I want to leave when I finish…

Also: I absolutely love it when women school men on something and the man doesn't know what he's talking about, but acts like he does just because he has a penis. I'm assuming everyone listening in on your conversation could tell he was an utter moron.

“You’re too good at this.” The story of every ambitious woman’s life.

I live on a military base and, as a rule, we have some *eh hem* issues accommodating families where both spouses work. I forgot my ID on Tuesday when I left for work. When I pulled up to the gate at ~530-545 PM wearing a suit, I handed my driver’s license to the guard on duty (a non-military contractor employee who…

All women in Tech can tell you about meetings that they were not invited to, completed assignments that they did not receive credit for, plum assignments given to less deserving male colleagues, SUPER condescension from said male colleagues, in addition to having any initiative squashed by said male colleagues that…

I work in education, specifically special education, so this isn’t usually an issue at my school site, though I have seen instances where, say, a male psychologist on the team insists that he is the only person who makes eligibility decisions, when in fact those are team decisions.

Oh man. I could blow up this article with my list, having been working (for various companies, at different levels of responsibility, different positions, etc.), for 30 years. But the most recent example was at my last job as the Admin Assistant. After I'd been there for a while, the Operations Manager pulled me into…

I don’t know if this counts as soft sexism or blatant: I work in the HVAC industry, an industry that is predominantly male. Every time I go to events like expo’s or training seminars it is typically assumed that I am:

I love baseball, and since I have lady parts, I’ve spent my whole life having men try to diminish my opinions or my passion. I called a sports talk radio show once to answer a trivia question and had the (male) host ask, “Did your boyfriend give you the answer?” I wore a shirt for one of my favorite players while…

The first example to come to mind:

I just found out a guy I know in a professional capacity and had always assumed was a few years ahead of me is, in fact, a few years younger without relevant professional experience! But, he talks like a Dad, like he’s got all this relevant life experience, you know what I mean? So here I’ve been listening to…

Ah, yes. When I was hired, the job description said X amount of money. I got less then X, tried to negotiate, and was told in a year I would be bumped up. In a year, I got rave performance reviews and told I was doing everything perfectly. However, all of a sudden, “Nobody gets raises or promotions” before 2 years.…

I edit a beer magazine so me and the SO go to beer bars and breweries quite a lot. Every single time the bartender will strike the conversation up with my SO about beer styles, trends, etc. and he’ll have to gesture over to me with while saying “I dunno, I don’t know much about beer. She’s the editor of xxyy magazine.…

GO! JIRAIYA!

Hate now, but one day you will find yourself birding and gardening (you’re white one day you will get old this is what happens to old white people) and look down at your feet and they will just appear and your life will be a nightmare from which you can never wake up.

I worked in restaurants all throughout my 20's. Sexual harassment is a part of the job, so much so that, as both CA Pinkham and the woman in this story say, you just grow accustomed to it being a part of the job, ESPECIALLY from the kitchen staff. I have this strange feeling even typing this, that just acknowledging…

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