Lol - it was only my reluctance to perpetuate any conversation with him that dissuaded me from asking "How's that working out for you?".
Chill out... I don't know where western women get this shit from... Go live in Yemen or Saudi Arabia and then you'll see what a "sociocultural submissive stereotype" REALLY feels like...
It doesn't seem like it... If you were aware of it, you wouldn't be complaining of "such a problem" in "WESTERN society", where the problem fortunately doesn't exist anymore.
Good to see that you acknowledge it as a "problem", anyway. But very clearly and obviously it does still exist: someone made the comment to which I responded: it didn't appear on the board magically, without being posted. Not to mention that there are a few thousand people who've been working in Hollywood (and in countless other places, too) over the last decade or two (and many of them over the last year or two) who might take exception to what you say.
Yes, every efforts have opportunity costs, but full time independent traders have more opportunity costs than full-time students (who gain knowledge) or full time workers in regular jobs (who get paid and gain work experience). If one has interests in trading, just gets a day job, save some money, and trade on the side. That is the road I took, and it can work out.