Triskeliongirl: You're right, women have more options and it is harder. Silver will attest that each day I wear:
- a dark grey suit (Brooks Brothers)
- a starched white shirt (Land's End...I have about 30 to minimize trips to the cleaners)
- a stripped tie (I have about 60 or 80)
- Black J&M's or Cole Haan's (same style in black)
To me, it's practical to not have to worry about even what color shirt to wear. Thank goodness I'm a man...I couldn't handle the complexity!

Deb: Frankly, I AM intimidated by a woman dress provocatively (I don't mean feminine...I mean provocatively). I'm not afraid of women...but, in a professional environment, I tend to distrust someone who is using their gender (male or female) to business advantage. It makes me wonder what flaws they're trying to distract me from.

For the record:
- I'm an executive officer in a public company
- I am in an industry with gender balance at the professional level
- and in the last 15 years of managing people, I've allowed ZERO gender disparity in compensation in my units