"Did you just Google that?"  A comment that could just as easily have been made to a man and has been.

"You don't have kids and are not even married" I am struggling with this one. If anybody had made a statement like that to an employee in any organisation that I have been involved with there would have been serious consequences.

"stuff it up and sink the office" This is often said of men. The biggest challenge for a newly promoted person is to get their peers who were competition on side. About 25 years ago I heard of a comment around promotion time "No balls no brains" and the guy who made it didn't last very long at all.  

The younger person is usually the one who pours the coffee. 

"I think of you as my daughter" Never heard that one before.

"Proposals in meetings" Obviously never seen the way that guys sometimes stab each other in the back.

"You should smile more" I have undoubtedly been called a miserable git by my staff. It's tough supporting The Kings.

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