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 Stop assuming women, especially women of color, aren't qualified to lead. Sexism is not new. I and every other woman in the world have been dealing with it all of our lives. It seems that men are assumed to be qualified for jobs without any facts, but women are assumed to be not qualified, again without any facts. I am going to give two real life examples. 1. Most of my life I have worked in male dominated professions. I started as a seasonal firefighter at age 20, then made my way up to seasonal inspector/investigator, then permanent full time inspector/investigator. During these years, I was told over and over that I only got my job because I am a woman. Here's the problem with that: when I started, I was already in school getting my degrees in fire science and criminal justice. I graduated both with honors. When I applied for the seasonal inspector position, I had the two degrees, had put myself through the Firefighter 1 academy, and two of three levels each of inspector an...