Feminists

"Finally, I do think women "control" conversations a lot more than people realize, although it tends to be in a way in which we end up not getting credit. In other words, we make connections between people and topics, suggest new topics, etc. Most of my professional career has involved suggesting things that other people run with, for which they later take full credit. I have the satisfaction of knowing I got my opinion in there to shape things, but then I'm invisible, which today seriously pisses me off and I refuse to do. But I think this has been the pattern of most women throughout history."

I have to stop myself from being the "good little helper" too. If this were an equitable society, this would be natural to do--it just makes sense to help where you see something could happen and you have a solution. But if you aren't a little protective of your ideas, then people do just take credit and make you disappear from the process.