In the course of my career in the book industry, I have:

1. Been asked if the reason I was having trouble negotiating a deal was because “you’re a woman and she’s a woman.”
2. Had a vicious rumor spread, after a conference in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, that I had taken off my top in exchange for some beads – I literally had to approach every person this man had talked to and ask for help in stopping the spread. One of the people to whom he lied, a founder of a startup that ProQuest acquired, is now the boss of my boss. To this day I don’t know if he knows the truth.
3. Been told I need to “work harder to break in” to cliques of men who are tightly bonded and want nothing to do with me.
4. Been told I am “arrogant”. Tried to square #3 with #4. Failed.
5. Been paid less than male co-workers of equal rank.
6. Taken only 3 weeks of maternity leave when my youngest was born because I didn’t want to compromise my job (and I was on email the whole time). Still got laid off.
7. Had a director of sales feel me up publicly in front of the rest of the company (and no one said anything).
8. Had that same director tell me he wanted to get me into a tent (?!).
9. Had HR ignore all my documentation about these things.
10. Been called “defensive” by a male colleague too impatient to listen to the structural reasons why his big idea won’t work.
11. Been called “emotional” by a male colleague when I presented evidence about why a toxic business deal was going to actually shut out the very market we wanted to recruit.
12. Been asked to pose in a swimsuit.

This is only what I can remember. Oh, and there was that time I was asked to hold onto some gun parts, but that had nothing to do with gender. I was just conveniently located in a bookstore.