She'd had to fight for acceptance in the male world of crime investigation.

This allowed her access into the male world of politics.

Living in a man's body, Chris has learned some interesting lessons about the male world.

She went on to say "I understand the difficulties of being a female in a male world.

On the conscious level it was the Other, the alien, the male world of work, in which they had no place.

"It raises general issues important because for so long business has been a white, male world," he said.

All of us who chose to do that felt like we were feminists breaking into the male world.

But it was still a male world, she reflected: a woman could not always win, no matter how skilled.