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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4749652, member: 110350&quot;]Just to make myself clear, it&#039;s not so much a question of being intimidated intellectually, or by my own lack of knowledge and experience, compared to &quot;dusty old numismatists.&quot;&nbsp; After all, I&#039;ve managed successfully to argue appeals before all-male panels of&nbsp; judges without feeling that way.&nbsp; Nervous ahead of time, yes; intimidated, no. (I&#039;m fairly good at giving the impression of being&nbsp; more knowledgeable than I actually am!)&nbsp; It&#039;s more of a visceral thing about being a tiny minority as a woman (especially a small one) in a group. large or small*, consisting mostly of men.&nbsp; I can&#039;t help feeling that way, even at my age. </p><p><br /></p><p>At this point, I think I&#039;m pretty much going to bow out of further contributions to this thread, unless I feel that I have something really important to add. I&#039;ve said everything I feel that I had to say, and being in my position commenting on this subject is a bit stressful.</p><p><br /></p><p>* In some ways a small group is even worse. I can&#039;t imagine ever joining a coin club, partly for that reason. As well as the fact that historically I&#039;m not much of a joiner in any context![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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