My thanks to Green Kaiser for responding to the carping of self-styled "post-feminists" who find sympathy with anyone being victimized to be oh-so-20th century.  Sure, it's possible to speak to, with, or past the "lugs" if you're ready and able to be brassy as necessary, and yes, "Hilarious," there probably are some women out there (like some men) who want to interrupt every conversation and still be loved.  But there are also still plenty of smart, hard-working, thoughtful women (especially the vulnerable youngest and oldest) who get run over roughshod by loud-mouth males,  I've seen it over and over in my experiences as teacher and as business manager.  I've also seen the reverse (boys who have trouble speaking up in classrooms dominated by hyper-bright girls, men who don't speak up for themselves when women steal credit for their work in meetings), but as a % of the time, for my money and in my experience, the penis-wielders are still the "phallus-wielders" enough more often to be worth commenting on, and working to change.