Hillary Clinton
In reply to the discussion: Sanders to Clinton: 'Excuse me, I'm talking' [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)I worked for a very ahead-of-the-game 3 star admiral who used to enjoy turning the tables on the shushers and hushers--he'd often require his top brass (overwhelmingly male) to take briefings from junior women, and he hush and shush THEM when they'd try to intimidate the young ladies who were giving the briefs.
It was one of those "mentoring moments" that I found to be very cool, indeed. He gave the junior females an opportunity to run that intimidating gauntlet while he had their back. It boosted their confidence and it taught a lesson to those on his staff with assholish and shush-ing tendencies.
When I met this guy's wife, I figured out why he was so 'with it,' and where he got his "education." She was a remarkable woman and she taught him everything he needed to know about equality of opportunity, even before that became a thing--they both became friends later down the line.