[As odd as it might seem to her, he knows his place in the order of things and whilst he'd prefer that place to be a little higher up the food chain so it speak, he's never been one to challenge authority. Mother's authority is unquestionable. Still--]

I wouldn't go so far as to say one is fundamentally disadvantaged purely on account of one's gender, but I will say all the women I've ever known were exceptionally capable.

I'd never considered gender to be a factor at all, if I'm honest.

[Nevertheless, there's something about powerful women that he unfailingly responds to.]