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Chivalry vs. Chauvinism — The Fine Line I am Constantly Treading
When courtesy risks turning into condescension
I am one of those lucky guys who has the privilege of being surrounded by the smartest of women just about all the time.
At home, I’ve got a smart and ambitious wife who probably beats me at most metrics that define human capability — intelligence, looks, kindness, EQ, IQ, you name it.
She’s got two sisters who happen to be rockstars in their own respective ways — they’re both teachers and mothers and I can say the kids they nurture both in their professional and personal capacities are damn lucky kids. And let’s not talk about my mother-in-law, because those are the genes I already discussed.
On my side of the family, I have a maverick mother (no pun intended) who is the most skillful homemaker I know and an elder sister who has an engineering degree, an English degree, works at a central bank, is currently on her way to completing a law degree, and is an extraordinary mother and wife.
At work, I have the privilege of working in a team that has about thirty people of which there are three men apart from me — and the rest of the team comprises yet another set of extraordinary women.
