…sistant at MIT, and one of my major functions was designing data-driven figures and visualizations. I can’t read his mind of course, but one of my common experiences since gender transition has been that while people were much more likely to trust my smarts and expertise implicitly when I presented as a man, I have to work a lot harder as a woman for people to both credit me for my work or trust my judgment. At the same time, there’s a lot more pressure on me as a woman to be a cooperative team player and …