[stcredzero]

Can any men here seriously recall in a professional context a boss referring to their 'package'?

I can recall someone who did that before he became my manager.

Or that they should leave the field so that some more deserving woman could take their place?

I know a man who was told almost exactly that by a professor. (Minus the woman specifier.)

[skj]

> Minus the woman specifier.

So, "you should leave this field so someone more deserving can have a place"? When you take out the gender qualifier it doesn't seem so ominous.

[weberc2]

Right. Was she asked to leave so someone more deserving (who happened to be a man) could take her place, or was she asked to leave so a man (who happened to be more deserving) could take her place? It seems like someone went out of their way to make the phrasing unusually ambiguous, as though they wanted to make an accusation of sexism but with plausible deniability in case they get called out (motte & bailey fallacy?).

[stcredzero]

Are you referring to my comment? My comment involves a man being told that.

[weberc2]

No, I was referring to the original comment or comments of this form generally.