[TWSS]

OP here - my proposal is that we might benefit from women-only support groups where we can share the frustrations and experiences of being in the minority, not women-only workplaces.

That said, there's some research that single-sex education leads to better student outcomes, especially for girls. I wonder if similar research has been done for work environments.

I'm also very grateful to Katie and Shanley for being brave enough to stand up and write about their experiences.

[amilanez]

A strain of academic literature suggests that single-sex higher education may be problematic in that it accentuates separateness. Separateness can build confidence, but in my experience it's local confidence, pertaining only to the controlled environment that produced it. Otherwise, separateness is simply different, contributing to a sense of being an outsider. And I think that this is a bad thing.