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[–]sisterinsomnia 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This. I only realized recently that I have always been questioned, my expertise (founded on decades of study) is not accepted without a long quizzing. And so on.

And how women are inaudible in conversations and debates. This is not about speaking in a quiet voice but about the selective deafness of men. I have observed this over and over. A woman proposes something, silence follows, then some time later a man proposes the same thing, not giving her any credit, and everyone eagerly discusses the proposal. This is agonizingly common and has not changed over time.