differences, but it's in general terms, unrelated to the gender differences shown here.

The ultimate double standard. There were t-shirts in the 80s that said "A woman has to work twice as hard to receive half the credit."

My sin?

Telling my boss privately that I did not appreciate being interrupted in a leadership strategy meeting the previous day when I was trying to get an issue with another department head resolved. Yes, I am the lone female on the executive staff.

There were no tears involved. No raised voice. All I said was:

* I did not appreciate being shut down before I could finish what I was saying,
* the issue with the other department head still existed and would never be resolved if he didn't truly want the candor he said he wanted in that meeting,
* I expected the other department head to be held accountable for lying to everyone during that meeting about a particular situation - for which I had the documentary evidence of his lies in my hand.

That's overly emotional.

I was flabbergasted.

And I shouldn't have been.

I apologize.

The double standard is so damn apparent to anyone who observes for a minute.

All male executive, apart from me, toxic masculinity bollocks... life it too short and luckily for me I am financially secure enough not to have to put up with it. To be fair in the last board meeting, me pounding the desk and shouting are you fucking kidding me, when they were trying to ignore my expertise, may have been a tad emotional...

". . . may have been a tad emotional..."

Yes, it was. And if a man had done it, it would have been considered forceful. Maybe some people would have been taken aback, but the word "emotional" would not have been used with the scorn intended whenever that word is directed towards women.

Any Vulcan who passed Logic classes by the points of their ears could tell you that human males are the emotional ones. It is just that their emotions are --while perhaps expressed differently-- always valued differently.

I know that I shared this on another thread long ago, but I read about a sign posted in a women's shelter.

"Men are afraid that women are going to laugh at them; women are afraid that men are going to kill them."

Yes, I am perfectly willing to qualify that statement with #notallmen, because I really don't think that poorly of that half of humanity. But that statement, with all the emotional context that it touches upon, really describes the problem that patriarchy enables.

confrontational, albeit in a polite way. I hope yours was too.

I would have been very sure to look him directly in the eyes and thrown it back in his face (very politely) by asking him to explain what he had just said. Asking, “Please tell me in what way am I being overly emotional when all I’m saying is that I expect the same respect you give the men employees. If you expect me to do my job as a professional and at your request, then I expect to be supported.”

Then watch him falling all over himself pretending he never meant that. But chances are he’ll never do that again.

This isn’t just talk. I’ve actually done this. Sometimes in front of other people if that’s when the boss chose to be disrespectful.

It works. You get the respect you demand. This is what men understand. It’s their language and their mindset. If you’re talking to monkeys, you gotta do it in monkey talk.

to raise my eyebrow and say, "think about what you just said very very carefully and tell me if that's really where you want to go with this." (We've worked together 10 years.)

I think he got the message, but who knows. I've raised my three boys to respect women, I'm not about to try to raise one older than me.

The Dreaded Mom Look!

I’ve used it to great benefit many times. And it works every time. Now that I’m 71 the mixture of age and the dreaded Mom Look is even more powerful. I’m a sweet middle age lady until I’m not.

our family members know!

It’s what Pelosi’s daughters keep telling us about her.

I am tired of it. Hence the graphic... even male allies fail in this from time to time!!! And I hate it when women say look at my resting bitch face... why are they buying into that narrative. It is literally just your face dammit!!!

Enough with that BS. SUCH a double standard.

...she has a plan that she articulates with confidence...

Only Soph0571 when you are cross with me!!!

Men fear us and dislike us for being independent and too many other women follow in their parents footsteps and treat women badly as well. Women in the South, especially those from Evangelical homes, are totally taught to devalue other women (women be subservient to your husband type crap) and that women should have no control or power - even over their own bodies.

Guess I'm lucky that didn't happen with me. My parents were Evangelical, but mom was raised in a family of 8 girls and 4 boys and those girls were very strong in their sisterhood. I was raised to value and respect & cherish other women and told they will be with you when no one else is. I'm thankful for that aspect of my upbringing but discarded the Evangelical crap when I was a teen.

She just doesn't have that presidential thing. I just don't know what it is, exactly. Hm....