I see that many people here think that not her being young and female, but him gunning for a better position was the real cause of this.
When he told her on the phone that he would not join because of HER, he cut off any possibility of her making him a better offer. So no, it was not him gunning for a better position, he was uncomfortable with her. Was that because she was young, or because she was female, or because of other facets of her personality, we will not know. But common sense pretty much points to a combination of young and female.
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I see that many people here think that not her being young and female, but him gunning for a better position was the real cause of this.
When he told her on the phone that he would not join because of HER, he cut off any possibility of her making him a better offer. So no, it was not him gunning for a better position, he was uncomfortable with her. Was that because she was young, or because she was female, or because of other facets of her personality, we will not know. But common sense pretty much points to a combination of young and female.