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:eek: Oooh, that surprises me. I've lived in Sydney and Canberra (and a few points in between) and my experience was that Canberra was much less sexist due to the high proportion of senior public service women. In that case I'm shocked, amazed, and glaring at the ignorant fools with you. :(

That quote made my day. Just sayin'.

I was talking about people I know, not every SAHM and/or conservative Christian family in the world. We're a slightly-less-conservative-Christian, SAHM-for-ten-years family ourselves. And I do know how their dynamics work - they discuss it freely. I do think how you dress makes a difference...

Perhaps. My experience of "conservative" households where such rules are still in play are conservative Christian households who have chosen the SAHM thing, and the flip side is that it's understood that the house is the woman's domain and she is trusted to run it her way. The man has what you...

I don't disagree with you for the most part. I don't have a problem with it in formal dining situations, because you're quite right, it's still assumed that the man is hosting the woman (and in fact, that is usually the case, from what I can tell). However, the woman was always head of the...

Oh, goodness, you've just reminded me. The smarmy guy I mentioned above? When I ask him questions, he gives the answer to my husband. Sheesh!

I've noticed it too from time to time, but it varies. If our son is with us (a pre-teen), it happens more often, although we're known as investors in our town now and most of the agents know not to mess with me. There is one agent in particular who still does it. He's a smarmy young guy, got...