Lately it's been making me SO angry when people want to deny sexism in the workplace. Why won't people admit it's real and it does happen?

I've had interviews on the phone, and in person where the interviewer (a man) made it obvious through his body language or vocal tone that he viewed me as inferior. I've been treated like a "stupid girl" before, and when I share this with others it gets dismissed as a hallucination. I am NOT hallucinating!

I saw this when I worked in a female-dominated field before. I used to work in direct care with children and adults and saw how men were treated. Some of them were even treated like they were potential sexual molesters with less respect than their female counterparts. I have even talked to men who wanted to go into nursing or teaching younger children but decided against it despite a strong interest and talent for it. They said "I don't feel like being treated differently." Of course, who wants to be simply because they are a man or a woman?

This just makes me SO MAD! If a person has the ability, drive, motivation, and work ethic to make their company look good, who cares if they are a man or a woman? Why does it matter in an interview if they are a man or a woman if the meet/or exceed the qualifications? Grrr!!