tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37267943.post6481174230101131454..comments2023-10-24T21:28:47.636+08:00Comments on Imagine Me : Gender MattersHelen V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07989670682260643429noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37267943.post-4851632710855325262015-08-11T10:31:27.153+08:002015-08-11T10:31:27.153+08:00You're right about the conditioning, Jo, and i...You're right about the conditioning, Jo, and it is very hard to overcome. The good thing is that the young women of my daughter's age are less likely to accept it. Of course, they are still talked over though, and it's tiring as well as exasperating.Helen V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07989670682260643429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37267943.post-30814998314776476212015-08-10T22:20:50.641+08:002015-08-10T22:20:50.641+08:00I know I have heard this said time and time again....I know I have heard this said time and time again. But in fact I find I read a lot of books written by women and thoroughly enjoying them. Then I think of one of today's successes, J.K. Rowling and there is a case in point. Would she have got anywhere using her actual name I wonder.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37267943.post-50910692122669991382015-08-10T22:08:42.301+08:002015-08-10T22:08:42.301+08:00Too true, Helen. I even find myself doing it - the...Too true, Helen. I even find myself doing it - the conditioning goes really deep. If several women are chatting and a respectable looking man comes up and speaks over the top of them, I find myself switching to listen to him!Satima Flavellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427849961195148899noreply@blogger.com