Not really, as a matter of fact there are times when being a female may actually be an advantage .. just saying how it is. Female officers are generally treated as equals to their male counterparts but there have been instances of them being considered more favorably and at times perhaps less as well. My opinion is that merit and competence is the primary factor and if you are good enough then the rub of the green may go in their favor than the other way round.

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There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures. ~ William Shakespeare