Gosh..It sounded like me at times.. Most females I knew tried to do their best as being females, or dutiful females and creative ones too.. That at times they just put on some powder and lipstick and simply get up to do their jobs. They used to boost up their men instead, and make a safer place to come home..Inspite of working too as well. In here, that mostly never applies that way (always) as stated above.. However in big cities both genders can compete at work.
But that is when the surroundings and influences of achieving a successful goal is always concern. It is in business aspects that males and females are being provoked that way.. And in my opinion instead of envying more other intellectuals. I also try to learn from their own knowledges instead.
We can't acquire anything beneficial out of envy. I have to learn than waste that kind of negative feelings with the time.. Time is precious, and I simply want to enjoy and learn.. I wish you enjoy it too..!
I'm female and I respect great minds (gender regardless). It's not exactly envy because intelligence is always an attainable quality - it just takes discipline.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.