There was the struggle to make chitchat, a whiff of humiliation – and a sobering recognition of what women have to put up with There was the struggle to make chitchat, a whiff of humiliation – and a sobering recognition of what women have to put up with I had an unusual experience just before Christmas. I think it did me good. This was at a gathering of some old friends of mine, a group of dentists as it happens, but’s that’s not relevant. The assembled were all blokes, which is relevant. This