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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eh.  Female engineer here, the only woman on my team of >20.  I've risen through the ranks from an entry-level engineer to a team lead, and have received nothing but encouragement from my peers and superiors. I'm not discounting your experience, I know people like that exist (I've dealt with them more in non-STEM fields, oddly enough), but not all workplaces are like that. If it's that bad, move on to another place. [/quote]

+1  That's been my experience too.  [/quote]

+2 My experience also. Everyone's a victim these days. [/quote]

My observation has been if a female engineer is pretty and plays a little bit of the Ingenue, men will bend over backward to help them and encourage them. It's honestly a little condescending; if a guy was acting the same way they would dismiss him out of hand. Women that are competent and competitive  but not cute are considered beeachy, it's horrible. And once you throw kids in the equation its all downhill (they are never here always off taking care of kids).  [/quote]

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