I am a 46F, work in a leadership position in IT. I work primarily with males, some of which have huge egos. I have had a very rough year at my current job. I have gone out of my way to build brudges and be a partner. My team is getting beat up and demoralized and I am afraid they will quit. I am starting to be more vocal, confident, and firm about boundaries and what we will accept and what we need to be successful.
I have understood that my boss always supported me in everyway. But today while I was escalating yet another potential problem, he accused me of being too dramatic. Last week he said I was blowing a concern out of proportion. I calmly told him I was stating facts. Another male colleague who has a huge ego and IS dramatic, who I had issues with all year, called me out when I actually once sternly called him out and slightly raised the volume of my voice to make a point.
Am I crazy? I feel like I am being treated this way because I am a woman.