Originally Posted by jibber

Well obviously, but that's not what I asked. I asked the women who responded in this thread to explain how exactly they had been really held back from something because of their gender. Many women did not say that it was more difficult, or that they faced obstacles being a woman, they said they had actually been held back from something by being a women. I'm curious to hear how that happened, because I can honestly say I've never been passed over or denied anything that I wanted because of my gender.