> From: Jonathan Paul Cowherd [mailto:jpcowh01@slug.louisville.edu]
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 11:25 AM
> As a women, have you found that the men that you encounter
> have tried to assert dominance or some aspect like that with you? 
> Or do you feel that men are always trying to assert dominance
> regardless who it is or what it is about?  ... like we are
> compensating for something ...  :)

I haven't felt any dominance play going on with the men that I'm surrounded with.  The most common thing that I get from men that I encounter is feeling uncomfortable.  It seems that a lot of guys in the work place are afraid to say anything around a girl that might be construed in negative terms and the consensus seems to be just ignore the female and maybe she'll go away.  I haven't encountered any real assertive behavior, nothing to make me feel inferior, just not one of the guys. 

Mandie Smith
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-- Chip Salzenberg