We’re different, Tessa. I come from a long line of nontraditional women in nontraditional roles, and my writing has been in a male-dominated field (science fiction). I probably should have continued with science education and become a scientist. But, I wanted dates, to be popular, and to marry well which was the strong social pressure when I was growing up. I am not poor, but I did fear homelessness for several years because of the massive economic changes and devastation during my life.
Are you 100% sure you are not ambitious and don’t care about status? You’ve mentioned several times your achievements and pay on this service.
I feel like, searching for the type of story I really want to write, I have been dominated or domineered by the dominant narrative in U.S. and western culture which is absolutely over the top 100% male dominated. The same occurs in science and tech fields. To me it isn’t 100% gender-based. I think non-diverse teams are much weaker than diverse ones. I think everyone has something to offer and — there’s been plenty of research on this — diverse teams achieve much stronger results in nearly every endeavor than non-diverse ones.
Anyway, the article I wrote that you are commenting on, is a follow up to this, which addresses what you said.
