That Condescending Feeling You Get From Dudes in the Office? Yeah, That’s Real.

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2. this may be off topic but

if a man doesn't have women Friends, then that usually means trouble for his partner and his view of women isn't exactly healthy.

Maybe it isn't so off topic then - if men treated women as real friends they wouldn't treat women in the trades like they do.

Lots of stories on that from my personal experience - women firefighters for one, oiy, that was a combustion family topic for a long time. And is true, none of these so called he-men who felt threatened by women doing 'their' job, had real women friends - to confide in, to joke around with (without being stupid and sexist) because women only had a couple purposes and those were related to serving men.