By hiding my ‘form’ and subsequently my femininity I only aided and abetted that world view of female objectification where to be successful in a ‘mans world’ you had to dress like a man, talk like a man, essentially be a man.
They saw me as my brain, my attitude, my unique way of seeing and thinking and being and they talked to this aspect of me. They didn’t talk to me as a girl, they talked to me as a person.
