I&#x27;m lucky that as an adult male engineer, I&#x27;ve never been asked whether or not I was a &quot;real&quot; engineer and horrible things like the woman in the original post was. However, I paid dearly for my choice in interests as a child when I was physically bullied to the point that I was forced to change elementary schools. I was also ostracized significantly 
(by both men and women) in high school for being &quot;a computer nerd&quot;. Don&#x27;t assume that no male engineer understands what it is like to &quot;endure similar stuff&quot;.