> What do I do? Do I call him out by name? Right now it's been a week and I'm still working out the best course of action. Seems like a lot of energy spent on

> What do I do? Do I call him out by name? Right now it's been a week and I'm still working out the best course of action. Seems like a lot of energy spent on a flippant remark. Those aren't restricted to men saying them about wives/women, either. I don't want to get into some kind of /r/mensrights foolishness here, but have you sat at a coffeeshop and listened to the kinds of remarks women make about their husbands/men generally? It's all over pop culture, go Netflix an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond if you don't believe me. What do you do? Cross him off your people-I-want-to-mentor-me list and move on with your life. > The blatant sexism is mostly gone, but the undertones remain. And that makes it harder than ever to gauge what the "right" reaction is as a woman when one of these events happens around you. If I'm reading this right, you're saying the dongle joke was an undertone of sexism? That doesn't make sense to me. Anatomy != sexism. Unprofessionalism, yes; sexism, no.