When I read statements like these, I want to dispute them because I have never — never — encountered this, but all of you wouldn’t being saying these things if they weren’t true, right?

I am sorry for your experiences with such shitty people. Fuck ’em, right? Don’t care. I know it’s easier said than done, but what else is there to do? Change to suit others? Feel bad about yourself because they’re dicks?

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” I remembered this often when I was dealing with a difficult boss. He wasn’t sexist, he was just a dick — to everyone! It helped.