That sounds about right. For men, it's easier for them to get on the team or off the team. It's decided much sooner. Woman it's harder to prove you're not a slut, you are a team player, and that your a smart and hard worker. I really dont think woman should be in the field so I think that's smart and fair on the guys part. I've worked hard and partied hard as I went through my apprenticeship. I was still full of propaganda self righteous behavior. I think my biggest blunder and what ultimately made me not accepted into the fold was that I learned how to be a man, and copied the behavior of men, and I failed to learn how to be a lady. I'm not a tranny nor do I support the movement, I was born female and identify as one, but it must have alien and disturbing to the guys to see me walking and talking like a dude. I think if I go back to work I will do everything I can to come off as feminine and a gentle spirit, which will be hard to Ballance with not being a pushover and being capable of the pay I earn. I am unsure how I will handle guys who don't like woman in the field. In the past I was very childish during those engagements. But now I know more. But I'm not sure "you're right but I need the money, and this is the only skill I have that pays" will go over well.