Absolutely. Females in that industry period have been sidelined and ignored for a very long time, and it harkens back to the pre-women's rights days and subsequent 50's mentality where women were "equal" but thought of as the homemakers and caretakers not fit to be in the working world, despite the absolute brilliance of many women during WWII.
I'm a lucky person, having grown up with a very good model of a strong and independent woman who could do as good and better than a man in the same position. She's the top broker in Real Estate in my hometown, runs the best agency with a crew of people who aren't coworkers but a family and do not backstab each other (its not tolerated) nor does anyone poach another's client. She leads by example, has such a code of ethics that I don't think you could ever find a discrepancy in her work, no shortcuts and no artificial inflation of a price to get a better commission. She and my father are both the reason I'm also extremely ethical in my work, sometimes to my detriment, because I will never charge clients for work that I never did nor will I overcharge them for a job.
But seeing her work from being a model/waitress to a stewardess to a successful real estate agent and broker is inspirational and also puts the lie to the idea that women are unable to handle "a man's world" because she can put any man to shame IMO in any job or career if she was put in that situation from the start. She also has molded me to be fair to women and treat them as equals.
