This week, I learned once again that you can have knowledge, work hard, and be honest and have integrity, but as long as you are not a man (in the stereotypical, paternalistic sense), none of that matters. You will never be good enough, or taken seriously. As a man, you can get away with lying and still get a pat on the back, while as a woman, you are seen as the troublemaker, the hysterical one, the one who doesn't understand that every story has two sides... meaning the man's side is the right one. And the strange thing is that I am shocked and hurt over and over again, even though I should know better. And the fact that I should know better makes it even worse.
(sorry for the rant)