Being called ‘a girl’ as an adult woman
A client of the management consulting company where I worked, my colleague and myself
When we would come to present in front of the client and various departments within their workplace, our contact would say ‘the girls from (our company name) are here to present…He would smile and once said ‘oh I guess I shouldn’t call you that’.
With greater age and maturity, I would now likely say something.
We were professional women in our 30s. Because it was the client we didn’t feel like we could say anything in the event that it jeopardized our relationship with as he was one of the decision makers. While we knew we were good at what we did, it nevertheless diminished our value.