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Message: <blockquote data-quote="leeann_the_lame" data-source="post: 1070992" data-attributes="member: 3744">Well - I haven't posted in forever (though I have been keeping track of Angelsboi's illness :-(, but I had to contribute a little here since I almost constantly feel I am in the minority by being female (I'm also a computer scientist by trade - sue me for being stereotypical). begin generalizations...I find that I come across a lot of men, more so in my field than gaming, whose egos are fed by their knowledge. They have an opinion about everything and feel the need to offer it and vigorously defend it. The bottom line seems to be that females are not trained to communicate by arguing, while males are. And women often take arguments personally, while males think arguing is great sport. I think it's true that women would rather be nice than right, while many men would far rather be right than nice.  I've had to work very hard at realizing this and applying it when I'm dealing with a belligerent peer. The hard part is knowing the different between arguing for argument's sake and sexism.  end generalizations...*You* probably could apply some mix of (1) chosing your companions carefully (don't tolerate men as friends who don't respect you) and (2) getting used to it (including learning to speak like you know everything no matter how little you actually know). Oh - and make sure to let them know that you know your s**t.</blockquote>