I've had my fair share of assholes who want to monopolize the discussion in my life. But in a team setting, even the most know it all, egocentric douchebag amon

I've had my fair share of assholes who want to monopolize the discussion in my life. But in a team setting, even the most know it all, egocentric douchebag amongst them would not ignore me or disallow me from contributing after multiple attempts and gestures indicating I had something to say. And I'm generally not that assertive. Nor has anyone every questioned my recountings of them as "did you really have input relevant or were you just misunderstanding the boys talking?". I've never had an interviewee doubt my credentials or question the role I claimed. Especially not regularly. Sure I too will ask around about settings or capabilities if I'm not geting the answer I want, but I sure wouldn't go grudgingly back to the team's expert after I asked some random guy in the next cube over, and say "oh random guy said to do it the way you suggested too, so let's do that." Finally, that there is a pattern here is suggestive of something. Given the other posts rachel has written, I'm not so sure that any of this is her just coming across some way, she seems like a pretty competent engineer, which according to everyone in these discussions of sexism seems to be all you need to not experience these issues. It really does seem to me like the type of bullshit that women generally report encountering, so I suspect it isn't just that she is the only woman who never experienced sexism, and instead has a rare personality type which results in symptoms identical to sexism.