I'm sure no matter how brief you have experienced your fair share...Exactly, that pendulum swings, one way or an other, you can't create or destroy energy, you give something to someone, you are taking from another. Material energy or emotional energy, rights, whatever it might be. I don't want my natural femininity attacked on the jobsite so I have no business attacking their natural masculinity. I think that's called a fair exchange? If you make a big deal out of too much and freak out all the time, their excuse for us not being fit is too emotional and hysterical so wouldn't getting upset at everything play into that stereotype and prove them right?

Also a poit I like to bring up when I take a girl that wants to quit under my wing. I catch wind of everything even if they don't tell me or don't know the. A guy will come get me to help them out(some guys really are total sweethearts on the job)... If you let them win and get to you, it sets a standard for repeated behavior and the next woman will have to deal with it in the future. If we stand our ground , it's still not fair but now they see it's not gonna work so no point wasting the energy trying and it ends there.