Male Dominated Environment Quotes

I go to work and get to hang out with nothing but my kind of guys!

… hundreds of gentlemen standing there with no other occupation than shaking the dust from their cigars.

At least through most of the 1960s, I basically lived in a man's world, hardly speaking to a woman all day except to the secretaries. But I was almost totally unaware of myself as an oddity and had no comprehension of the difficulties faced by working women in our organization and elsewhere.

When I first started at Sirius, I was the only woman on the whole station.

I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them.

Dealing with boys at work and being the only girl can be challenging. I have my insecurities, but I've learned I have to be a good sport. I have to be able to take certain jokes and not take them personally. There are jokes made almost every second of the day. I had to develop a tough hide. You know, the music industry is dominated by guys.

I can't count the number of times I've sat in a meeting where it's been 20 men and me.

Our poker table is eight guys, and then I'm the ninth; I'm usually the only girl at the table.

I was the only female in the special trials unit for many years.

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.

I do feel like I'm a tomboy at heart, so I have an easy time working with guys.

During my time I had some very difficult years, and I had very pronounced competition, all by men.

I went to a school that's predominantly computer science and engineering. So, there's a real shortage of hot girls, let's say.

I have a lot of brothers and male cousins. I grew up in an informal, jokey environment.

I'm kind of used to being around guys on set, and I grew up with a brother who treated me like I was a boy.

I've always had a man's mindset, and that's why I mostly have men friends, and that's why I've been around so many men. I've always been a tomboy. And any man that knows me will tell you I'm not a girly girl.

When I started playing tennis in Class V, I used to be the only girl on the court along with 20-odd boys. So, I am used to being in the company of boys. In fact, I have very few girlfriends, and even my besties are boys; I find it much easier to get along with them.

I would not like to be the only woman on the court.

Well, I think it's because I'm an only daughter. I have four brothers, a bunch of guy cousins, and so it's like I was raised amongst men. So I've always gotten along really well with men.

The bar is the male kingdom. For centuries it was the bastion of male privilege, the gathering place for men away from their women, a place where men could go to freely indulge in The Bull Session.

My best friends are still the ones I first attached myself to when I went to school because, all of a sudden, I was leaving the rather pampered and occasionally very annoying world of having three older sisters to go to a male-dominated world.

I'm the only girl out of three children. I have two younger brothers. I've grown up around boys and men my whole life. I get them. I get men.

I don't know why, but in my career and in my life, I often find myself in situations where I am the only girl among boys.

If you're one of the only women on a set - if it's you and a bunch of men - you feel like your value doesn't come from your thoughts and your talent and what you say: your value comes from how you look and how you're perceived by the men around you.

I grew up with six brothers, and I'm from Chicago, so princesses and Barbie dolls were not around the house. It was more like sports and comic books, so getting to work for Marvel is like my version of being able to be a princess.