24-year-old gets chastised by boss for calling out mansplaining colleague interrupting her presentation: 'When I stand up for myself, I'm creating drama'

It is an unfortunate truth that even in this day and age, there can be specific difficulties with being a woman in the workplace. While the ideologically brainwashed tradwives of the world may be wrong in their belief that a woman's only place is the home, the observation that an office can be an uncomfortable place to be female is not inaccurate. Not to get too Sheryl Sandberg, but adapting to this is sometimes a struggle.

For a woman who feels like she is being discriminated against in the workplace because of her gender, it can sometimes feel difficult to address it. On the one hand, it can prohibit somebody from doing their job properly, but on the other, some work environments will punish speaking up. It can make a situation that is already annoying turn into a real dilemma. It is not something that anybody wants to deal with, if they can help it.

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AITA for publicly calling out my coworker's mansplaining during my presentation?

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One startup employee found herself in a similarly awkward situation when a colleague continually interrupted her presentation at work. She had previously spoken with this coworker privately about the way she felt he mansplained, and she had had enough with the behavior. She warned him in front of their colleagues that she would start a tally if he continued to interrupt her. The coworker was embarrassed, and her boss told her that her behavior was unacceptable, but she wanted to know if other people thought that was the case.
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