Not having lived it, its easy to ignore the corrosive environment. Sure a woman can survive being talked over in conversation. She can ignore being asked to get coffee <i>every time</i> there&#x27;s a staff meeting. She can remind her boss to consider her for promotion every year.<p>But to weather that and more (so much more) every day, 100 times a day for 20 years is a chore. It wears you down, burns you out, leaves you hating going to work. So women opt out, do something else.<p>Rather than arguing fault, and throwing around irresponsible comments about how small an issue it is, I recommend listening to those having the problem, and working honestly to address personal issues. Like dismissing women&#x27;s opinions out of hand, because hey! you don&#x27;t have any problem with all that.