"I felt the tug on my sleeve and looked down to find him standing motionless. His mouth was moving but I couldn’t make out his words. His quiet body in the noisy room caught me off guard. I bent down to find his voice."
"I don’t know who this lady is... she waved at him and he made his way up to her. I thought their interaction would be the same as last time but I was wrong. "
"To be clear, it’s 1,727 of us. And we are all women. If this isn’t appealing, we’re ok with taking no for an answer, but we’d like you to know—the offer stands."