Originally Posted by epoh
Perhaps it's because I work in a male-dominated STEM field (IT Engineering), but I don't think anyone would ever describe me using the characteristics listed for females. I prefer being honest, intelligent, straight-forward, and sarcastic.

Sweet? Gentle? These are not traits that are going to get you far in IT.

I think we all have to, or at least are wise to, adjust our character depending on the role we're in at any given time to achieve the best result. Of course we can have the mindset that we are who we are and everyone else can adjust but that seldom works out for optimal outcome.