Posted by There’s a lot of attention focused now on sexual transgressions as a part of the power imbalances between men and women. But what about the subtler, historic, forms of inhibiting a woman’s self-confidence? In this beautifully written piece, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Lucinda Franks reflects on coming of age as a journalist in the 70’s and the various ways her career–and sense of self–were undermined by the sexual/gender mores of the time.