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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure of the answer but I just wanted to share an anecdote of an awesome seasoned woman coworker and my clueless/sexist boss. She didn’t work on his team but we had some sort of overlapping project. She came to a meeting with some personal handwritten notes she had made and notes added from the meeting. Like, her personal notes - she was not the meeting minute taker.

He said, “Oh that’s so great Larla - could you  email your notes to me?” 
Larla: (sweet as pie) Oh, no, sorry they are handwritten. 
Dumb boss:  “Well maybe you could take a picture and email to me?” 
Larla: (still sweet as pie) “Oh no, I am sorry, I don’t know how to do that on my work phone. 
(at this point I was looking on in awe)
Dumb boss: Could you make a photo copy for me?
Larla: “Oh I just won’t have a chance for that. Here, why don’t you take a picture! That was such a great idea.” [/quote]

So she made herself look stupid in order to avoid being helpful?  Yeah, what a masterclass in fighting sexism.  [/quote]

She trained Dumb Boss that she wouldn’t do his secretarial work. She didn’t look any more stupid than Dumb Boss looked lazy and clueless. He wasn’t her boss and he was out of line to ask her to make him copies or take notes for him. [/quote]

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