[ What he says has some weight— a lot, actually, and it surprises her to hear it. Still, despite the way her eyes widen and her brows rise up her forehead, she takes a moment, a soft breath, and goes on to add in a somewhat amused and just barely dismissive manner. ]
I'd have thought that would qualify me as more of a museum piece, rather than a valued agent.
[ Maybe there's a hint of bitterness to it. Peggy hasn't seen nearly enough of this world to know just how differently women are treated these days, but she still remembers how often she was dealt with as someone who was just there to be looked at, and despite being an agent, her fellow colleagues at the SSR treated her as some glorified secretary more often than not. She's not exactly eager to have that happen again.
Not that she wouldn't know how to deal with it, but still. ]
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I'd have thought that would qualify me as more of a museum piece, rather than a valued agent.
[ Maybe there's a hint of bitterness to it. Peggy hasn't seen nearly enough of this world to know just how differently women are treated these days, but she still remembers how often she was dealt with as someone who was just there to be looked at, and despite being an agent, her fellow colleagues at the SSR treated her as some glorified secretary more often than not. She's not exactly eager to have that happen again.
Not that she wouldn't know how to deal with it, but still. ]