Actually, the FSGW Getaway is a good example of the fact that men can openly show affection without any problem. I am unable to count the number of warm hugs that I got from both male and female at what is often an annual meeting. Kendall probably got more than I did and that's fine.

The majority of my male friends will greet me with a hug and, quite often, a kiss - a lovely way of saying hello.

I consider myself to have feminist leanings - when I worked I did the same job as my male co-workers and was paid at the same rate. I see no reason why, as a female, I should be treated as a second class citizen just because I wasn't born with a penis.

I do object to the sort of nasty sexual innuendo that my boss occasionally used, but then I also objected to the sort of treatment that he would dish out to my co-workers. I had a problem with the guys who held conversations with my breasts, rather than look me in the eye. However, lighthearted banter by either sex doesn't make me swoon or want to go screaming from the room - give and take makes for easy relationships.