Helen Faulkner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Partly it's knowing that I'm going to be dealing > with a man (almost certainly), and he may assume I don't know what I'm > doing, and he may put me down or be condescending or unkind as a > result.
Are you assuming that all men will do this? The men who do might well be operating from a negative stereotype of women. But it sounds to me as if you are countering with your own negative stereotype of men. Thomas
