Dealing with Men on the Job – 3

The Christian Working Woman · May 13, 2026 · 3m

I want to examine a situation you may face, and that is managing or working with men who resent having a female manager or coworker. They may feel threatened by having a woman manager or peer, or their background could have prejudiced them against women in business. I was one of the first women in IBM sales; this goes back many years. There was an older salesman in my office who was totally against women in sales. He thought this was the worst move IBM had ever made. The first year I was in that office, he hardly spoke to me. He figured I wasn't going to last; women couldn't make it in sales…