However, I observed during my 20-year career in Corporate America that although such discrimination laws, regulations and related guidelines have been written to protect employees, employers and their attorneys are extremely skillful at turning such laws to their advantage. Be self-reliant and proactive about career planning. Women really cannot count on employers to take care of them. Do not become paralyzed looking for the correct answers. Be prepared to be stereotyped and possibly pigeonholed once you enter a traditional work setting.
Employers tend to categorize and label workers.
Do not think it is solely your responsibility to fix the workplace's gender inequities. Some seem to readily relegate this imposing task to women.