Re:Been there, seen that... (Score 1)

It is the case that dames (of which I am one) with prominent (astrological) fire sign (Aries, Leo, Sag) presence in Mars (planet of energy) or Mercury (planet of thinking) are most aggresive, competitive organisms of any phenotype. Not one would be less aggressive or confrontational than any male with, for example, a passive Pisces placement in those areas. And any individual with a strong Virgo presence in her/his career/work sector or corresponding Mercury demonstrates proclivity towards detail, fastidiousness, critical observation, perfectionism. Those demonstrating unquestionable genius are those who possess a pronounced Uranus placement or conjunction as well as a salient Midheaven. None of the social studies performed on gender stereotypes hold true for those (like me) who are gay, bisexual, transgendered, etc. The most recent "scientific" report made public of the genetic differences in male and female brains did not take into account any gender subset, and therefore, to my way of thinking, was invalid. My own propensities towards construction, architecture, law, logistics, international affairs, mammophilia, and such -established and demonstrated in my life prior to puberty - don't bear out the (false) notion that females think one way and males another. I have made the most strides in my development when I deliberately dismissed and disregarded pressures to comply with gender roles. I lost most ground and many years when I was constrained by those. The female individuals whom I have known -directly or indirectly- to not suffer from the kind of cognitive dissonance (in their public or private lives) which many women undergo are those who are authentically, unabashedly lesbians, dykes, bisexuals, third-gendered and omnisexuals (of which I am). These have been the most prolific -at least in academia- in production of knowledge in all of the spheres of the maths, the hard sciences, physics, astronomy, engineering, comp sci and such.