<p>He’s a nice guy and I don’t object to working with him, but it just jangles my nerves when I hear him introduced as a “physicist” (especially when he had to go around emptying the trash the night before). I think it’s less about him and more about the lack of respect on my part. Perhaps it’s my thin skin. I happen to be a middle-aged female working in a male dominated profession and I have often been paid less than my male counterparts through the years.</p>