My wife is sort of like this. She grew up in a man's world and, almost paradoxically, didn't experience these things with other women. Then she moved to the West, where most people grow up in a woman's world.

I get that. I have studied math and teach math. My closest female friends are math profs like me. Our mentors are all men, mathematicians from earlier generations. But I have the worst “daddy issues” that I should be a country musician. I could write a book about my daddy issues. But my professors during my formative years gave me security and structure and I still know them well to this day, so you are correct in that regard. I did not realize working in a male dominated field has had this unintended but positive consequence. Interesting. Nice.