Bwahahahahahah… no.
As @ChickieD’s thread demonstrated… asking directly for advice as women, on how to deal with work situations with men, led to a tantrum and blowout that caused a long standing regular to flame out & delete their account. Because we didn’t take their advice. Reading that thread now is probably a bit confusing because a lot got nuked. Yeah, no… I’m good. 
I shall commence with the all important literature review.
“That’s What She Said.” Gender, Satire, and the American Workplace on the Sitcom The Office
This is a great graf from the first article
Satirical television has a history of misinterpretation, part of which can be explained
by what Fiske (2011) refers to as “excess as hyperbole.” This textual device allows
excessively exaggerated characters to represent both a “straight meaning” that represents
dominant ideology at face value and a second oppositional meaning that undercuts
the straight meaning (p. 91). The 1970s sitcom All in the Family is a good example
of this device, as well as its potential for misinterpretation. The show’s creators
intended for lead character and bigot Archie Bunker, notorious for his flagrant racism,
to serve as an example of exaggerated “excess as hyperbole” that critiqued such attitudes
(Haggins, 2009). Instead, they were disappointed to find out that, as revealed in
Vidmar and Rokeach’s (1974) reception study, the show was “more likely reinforcing
prejudice and racism than combating it” (p. 46). As recently as the 2000s, shows have
struggled with the effective transmission of satire and “excess as hyperbole.” Comedian
Dave Chappelle’s resistance to featuring a minstrel character on Chappelle’s Show
stemmed from his fear that audiences would take its “straight meaning” and fail to
interpret it as a satirical critique of society; Chappelle’s disagreement with producers
on the issue led him to walk away from the show and his US$50 million paycheck
(Haggins, 2009).
I actually hardly said anything in that thread, because it’s actually not something that happens to me personally. I absolutely know it happens, and I’ve seen it happen to other women. But I am really loud myself and tend to dominate conversations and so I had no helpful advice to give.
Yep. I was part of that shit show. And I’m so sorry.
I won’t be doing that again.
Why not make a thread called… women only. Let’s respect it. As a community.
Let’s make a safe place here too. And everywhere for those conversations. Anytime. Why not.
I’m down to help however I can. I get that that’s shutting the fuck up. So I did. But I can do more if I can help. Until then. Still sorry. Still shutting the fuck up about my opinions about your life experiences.
I’ll trust you to let me know if you want those.
Hoo boy.
Although I can think of many explanations for this data, the one that seems most likely to me is that the approaches currently being taken to attempt to eliminate male sexism aren’t working. And they even may be making the problem worse…
YES.
However, women actually are better than men, so it’s kind of a special situation here.
Note: I don’t categorize, I prototype.
Gotta go, sorry, back Monday.
Other than handing out the likes I knew better than to step into that one. And really outside of calling other guys out on the behavior I got nothing.
And, honestly, my wife has to tell me to step away from the Internet all the time. There’s not enough time in the world.
And even telling them the fuck off IRL does little to a person without shame. I got nothing 
That’s a good start. Let me know when you have a prospectus draft!
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