"The Princess" vs "Just One of the Guys"

Lately, some of my female co-workers and I have been having a debate on how I am treated by the male co-workers in my office. The topic came up as they have been inquiring on how I am adjusting to my new office space. For those of you don't know I moved into a new office space back in February. Our sales and engineering depts had outgrown our current location thus the search for additional space began. We were lucky to find some office space in one of the neighboring buildings and we are renting out their second floor. I now share this new office space with 7 other men! So as you can imagine at times it is not the most pleasant of environments. Don't get me wrong, I like each them on an individual basis but collectively as a group they can be a bit much. And yes, we all have to share the same bathroom! Let me just say, that somedays I will make a special trip to the main building just to use the Women's restroom!

Anyway one of the lady's indicated that she would love to work in an office with just men because they would treat her like a princess and she assumed that was the same case with me. To which I replied. " Are kidding me, they don't treat me like a princess. In fact it is just the opposite. They treat me like I am "just one of the guys." Meaning that I am subject to their colorful language, off handed comments and sometimes crude sense of humor. Oh no there is definitely nothing "princess" about it.


I don't believe that any of the guys do intentionally (except for not putting down the toilet seat)and I don't feel uncomfortable in the environment. In fact most days I just let it roll. There are some advantages. When you work in an office full of women there tends to be more gossip and back-stabbing which I don't care for. You also have to be careful about who spend more time with because eventually someone's feelings will get hurt. I don't ever have to worry about that with the guys and that is refreshing! So in the end it I don't mind that I'm not the princess of the office and that they feel comfortable treating me as "one of the guys"! I also know that deep down they respect me for me and not just because I am a woman!