That has certainly been a facet of my experience in 15 years spent working in or adjacent to development departments. Although I think it has less to do with being attractive, or a woman, as being _cultured_ the way women have conventionally been.
We're taught to be polite, warm, and deferential, and to thank someone effusively when they do something for us. I've seen men work the same angle, though.
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That has certainly been a facet of my experience in 15 years spent working in or adjacent to development departments. Although I think it has less to do with being attractive, or a woman, as being _cultured_ the way women have conventionally been.
We're taught to be polite, warm, and deferential, and to thank someone effusively when they do something for us. I've seen men work the same angle, though.