Check out this ad by a shoe company that supports strong women - and the raw hatred it generates...

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2. There are a lot of men who can't handle strong, confident, smart (and sexy) women.

I qualify for the old woman now (at 68) but I can tell you that even now--30 years after I left a male dominated profession--there is still plenty of sexism.

I happened to catch my white male accountant in an error two days ago--one that made the difference between owing the Feds $800. in taxes vs not owing the Feds anything. It had to do with whether my Social Security benefits were taxable or not.

When I sat with him--for almost an hour--in his office reviewing my tax stuff, he never asked me the question that would have triggered a different treatment of my Social Security benefits. I only discovered it when I was reviewing the fat folder of what he'd filed AFTER he filed it. I trusted the guy. I shouldn't have. It was right there in the Social Security Benefits Worksheet that there is different treatment of Social Security benefits in my circumstances.

The guy clearly screwed up. I spent most of Wednesday e-mailing him--back and forth-- or on the phone telling him we needed to file an amended tax return. He bullshitted me right and left with all kinds of screwy arguments, but in the end, agreed to file the amended return. I trusted him again, went and signed the amended return yesterday and mailed it in.

This morning when I read the reasoning he gave to the IRS, it was more total bullshit. And it also contained another error--because he didn't verify some facts with me--but I'm going to let it go and wait and see what the IRS does.

I still may end up writing a complaint about him to the various accountant accrediting agencies. I may also tell my divorce attorney (who recommended him) that anyone who uses him should NEVER sign a return he's prepared without reviewing the entire thing first.

I wouldn't be surprised if the guy was a MAGAT. He didn't have anything Trumpist in his office, but he had enough evangelical, fundy Jesus stuff around that it made me wonder about his critical thinking skills. His handling of my return clearly showed an inability to be logical and to want to just offer bullshit instead and he actually told me that I shouldn't quarrel with having to pay the $800. because I had financially benefited from my husband's death before we were divorced!

Next year I go back to doing my own taxes!