I've had to deal with sexism thus far, and I am going into a male-dominated career (radiology). As such, I've had to develop a more "male" personality (if that makes any sense at all) in order to be taken seriously. While so far no one has been completely rude to me, I do see the looks and resent the fact that I have had to adapt simply because I am female. However, my personality is also such that I thrive as the underdog, so really when people get started on the sexist thing all they are really doing is driving me to prove them wrong.

The double standard as far as sex goes drives me insane. It seems that all men fantasize about is a woman who is happy with her body and with sex, who is slightly aggressive in bed. However when many of those same men are confronted with it in the real world, it seems as though they automatically label her a "slut" or at least a "girl you don't take home to Mother." I have dated someone like this (Thank goodness current s/o is not) and I have to say THANK YOU to all those men out there who get it

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I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections and the truth of imagination. What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth - whether it existed before or not.
-John Keats