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clj_writes:
Dear DG,
You have my sympathy if it sounds like we are from the same family!!  I wonder, are you continously tripped up by the need to "look smart" like I am?  I would say it was the highest value my family held.  They had no religious or spiritual beliefs but did worship the mind and its achievements!

In my case, my undergrad and grad universities weren't particularly supportive *as far as I know*.  Then again I perceived it as my own private hell and I did not see it as being something others might also have.  Even if I had known there was a gender component, I did not appreciate it at the time when I was lumped with "women" so I probably would have rejected whatever I heard.  I've only recently become more comfortable being female.  For many years I considered it a compliment when people would tell me I wasn't like "most women".  That fit right in with the whole isolation thing, of course.

Anyway, congratulations of your progress on this issue!  :)

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