Thread: Anybody work in a male-dominated field?

Quote: ...........ask them a concrete question: "How do you think I should have handled this situation?" or "How would you have handled this situation? Although having a 'script' is an idea that I once despised, I found that this person was very adept at button pushing, such as using accusations that were specifically galling to an individual. As time went on, I realized that although I took the brunt of...

That's a complex question..........it really depends. Sometimes their hands are tied. And that is a HUGE reason I left management roles, deciding they are not for me. I do much better when I can work directly with the clients 1:1. It also makes for more of a 9-5 kind of job where I can leave it behind at the end of the day, and set boundaries more readily.

I would probably shrug, compare it to changing diapers (i.e. not all stuff that's traditionally "for women" is sweetness and light), and make a comment to the effect that "I just do what's gotta get done."

I now work in a very female-heavy field, but I had a long-time job that was in print journalism, traditionally a male-dominated field. It's not really anymore (actually, it's a now-dying industry, so it's not really 'dominated' by anybody), but you couldn't have convinced half the people I came into contact with of that. If I had a nickel for every time somebody came in " to talk to the editor,"...

I'm a man but I see blatant anti-woman sexism in my fields of work (math, statistics, computers). I got into a Ph.D. program at Harvard and there was some blatant anti-woman sexism expressed nonverbally by several students and post-docs there and it really turned me off. How do you respond to someone who is demeaning you and discrediting you without coming off as just offended? I think it rarely does any good to directly accuse someone of...