Women of Norrath, what's your experience?

[August]

Originally Posted by Splorf22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Tomtee if I didn't know you personally I would say that story is so over the top that it must be a troll. It's one thing to be a male chauvinist a priori, its another thing to hold on to those prejudices for years in the face of evidence to the contrary.

I am kind of surprised you were unable to put your foot down, though. Did you not have the political clout for some reason?

Well it's a longish story, but I believe that my wife was really used as a 'weak spot' to get at me. The guild I led was the ultimate product of two guilds - each of which had been spawned off of other guilds who were previously raid capable.

My lineage of guilds was there first - so we elected our officers, and leader, by democratic vote (I forgot to add this in earlier, it was already so long) - that was the model of the guild I had mentioned previously.

When we absorbed the other guild, about another 25+ people, they gained some power structure with 2 officer positions and DKP buffer. Officer / GL position were voted on every 6 months, so there was constant competition for leadership as well.

It was a weird time. I think that really they used my wife - discriminating on her gender - as a way to get at me. And for what it's worth, it totally worked.