I hate to break this to ya, but we all have labels; most are not self defined. Most have more than one. Lose your hearing when addressed by a label. Get toug

I hate to break this to ya, but we all have labels; most are not self defined. Most have more than one. Lose your hearing when addressed by a label. Get tough if you have to. I remember when we openly said "it's a woman doctor," or "a woman chef" So its not desired to be addressed by "woman in tech" but it will happen. Just like the "divorced" group or the "wealthy" or the "rehab" or the DINKs or whatever. It is the personal responsibility of the sayer to avoid labels out loud. Your post helps those that might slip know it is not desirable We all have such great contributions we can make because we are individuals: not because we have a label. But don't think they don't exist.