Is It Because I'm Female?: Challenges to Young Female Instructors in the College Classroom

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“How’d your class go?” Kathy asked Liz as they met in the hallway outside the graduate teaching assistant (G.T.A.) offices. “I’m not sure I’m cut out for this,” Liz confessed. “I’m just totally frustrated with these students. Do you think we were ever so disrespectful to our professors as undergrads?” “What do you mean, ‘disrespectful’?” probed Kathy as she unlocked the door to their shared office.