I worked in a lumber yard for a couple of years when I was in school, and the managers were actually pretty good, it was the customers that were creeps. One day I was working in the warehouse when a guy drove up and asked me to find "one of the guys" to load his truck. He was building a shed, so there was a lot of stuff, but someone had already bundled it on to a pallet and tied it down, so that left me with the easy job. ...///... He had a flat bed pickup, so when he went inside I checked the tie downs on his truck, then walked toward the forklift (operating a forklift is not particularly complicated and requires NO muscle). ...///... He grabbed my arm and said no, he wanted one of the GUYS to load his truck. Then he started ranting and screaming at me. My boss heard the hubbub and came out to see what was going on (in the meantime, people were lining up to pick up their orders, so there was an audience), and they guy yelled at him that he wanted "one of the guys" to load him up. ...

Having worked in male dominated fields, I can stay there are certain challenges, but harassment has not been a regular occurrence (for me). There should not be anything normal or acceptable about harassment. People who do that are scum, regardless of the industry they are in.

Female, qualified welder ,for years it's been the same, "where are the men at, I need some welding done" sexual harrassment from co workers who would randomly come to my home, not invited and they had partners with children, then upon refusal of there advances turned into out right bullying, tired of the industry treatment ,my last boss told me qualifications didn't mean anything and that any idiot could weld while he paid male white workers more and gave me all the crappy work he could find, including building a new fence for his house, which he drove me to, probably over 20 KMs away from my work place which made me feel very uncomfortable. I have emphysema now and I can no longer weld, I'm sad because I was an excellent welder managing with a child and had to overcome some many obstacles and problems, feels like I should never had tried in the end I have nothing to show for all the blood , sweat and tears

Every time my male boss and I are in meetings, he always says "what's your name again?"- typically it's when we are in meetings with vendors or people he views of authority. Its belittling. Now when he says it, I reply with some random name like George, Ralph or Biggie "Z". He looks more foolish than me now.

Here's my best story about working with all guys: I did wrestling in High School, and since I live in North Carolina I was the only girl. I was really nervous my first day, since it was my first time ever wrestling. However, none of the guys acted that weird, they were really patient with me and taught me the different moves. A lot of them became like older brothers to me and were really encouraging. Even though I haven't done wrestling since, I still have really good memories of working with those guys. I love my wrestling brothers!

1) Worked a roadside hot dog stand one summer and was repeatedly asked to wear a bikini to attract more business. I was 15. 2) Worked at a sawmill one summer during uni and was called into the office and told not to wear a tank top (it was HOT in the mill) to work because it was a liability to the men with saws. 3) Coach baseball for my son's team. Other team's coaches would assume my husband (bench dad) was the coach EVERY GAME, even though I wore my league hat and my jersey said COACH.

I was the only female age 20 amongst 30 guys. Wasnt easy - but I made myself an honorary guy. Within a year I could match them in physical performance. 40kg with one hand - no problem. - shift 2 tons of steel on and off a machine - - 4 tons in total in a day -- - I did it. We had visitors looking round sometimes watching us work. One couldnt believe the stuff I was lifting - 40kg coils of metal strip - like it was nothing. He asked to lift it - and couldnt. Was so proud the day I managed to cut 5mm thick mild steel by hand with tin-snips without having to ask for help from a man.