What is it like to be a woman?

The first time I really realized that I was a woman was when I was eleven or twelve. I had my legs splayed over the arm of an armchair, watching TV, while wearing shorts. My father came up to me and said, "You can't sit like that." I was confused since I'd sat like that for years. He said, "It's inappropriate for a girl to sit like that. read more

This is the world of sex and dating for women. And this is what it is like for women every day, in every social situation, with straight guys just like you. Women are surrounded by bigger, stronger, faster men who probably want to have sex with them and could take it by force. read more

Like many of the inspiring, successful male professors I had around me as a graduate student, none seemed to want to transition to treating me as a peer in the field. They seem very happy to have me participating in their conferences (often, I feel, as a token woman), but they seem to have no interest in really engaging my work. read more