Sometimes it's relatively easy to see how a problem for one sex becomes a problem for the other.

For example, if we look beneath the courtier culture that rankles many males about the contemporary workplace, we find an underlying problem of inefficiency.

If an efficient workplace is one that parcels out increased responsibility to those who are most genuinely capable of handling it, an inefficient environment is one that doesn't—i.e., one in which considerations of some other type take precedence.  Whether these other considerations involve courtier skills or gender bias, the underlying and enabling problem is still a tolerance for inefficiency.