not making this up. I myself had the pleasure of encountering a few unbelievably retro-sexist situations myself in the not-so-distant past. Here's what happened and here is how I dealt with them. How about retitling this post "Three ways to NOT deal with off-putting remarks -- if you want to build a career". ====== Situation 1: You write, "Strangely, I was never asked to attend another pitch meeting again after that." I don't blame you for being upset, but did you put an extra flourish into showing your boss up? If so, that's part of how you screwed yourself. There are clues throughout this writeup that you enjoy showing up men when you get the chance -- starting with that crack on the first page about "women are taking over in all sorts of awesome ways". Let's notice that he received no support from the other men present, and that the others are aware of his limitations (the idea that they ought to have told the head of the company to "go to hell" or anything amounting to that is ridiculous). Even if it was necessary and "quickly jump in" to save the presentation, there are graceful ways to do this. Further, him having a personal fiasco like this offers a chance to tell him later, "I'm pleased I was able to support you and our team today, and I'm delighted we were successful. Helping the company find the best ways to present our strengths and build the relationship with