I got belted just as much by them as I did anyone else. Reading your comments I can identify with one because the hair on the back of my neck stands on end whenever I see a nun. Some refer to this as a specific type of trauma and I go along with that.
I’m used to shouting because I spent a total of 9 years in two services, the Army in the late sisties and early seventies and the Airforce in the late seventies to eighties. Attitudes in the workplace have changed significantly in the last twenty years. Women can feel safe because of discrimination and harrassement laws which I feel is a good thing.
I think I might put my Devil’s advocate hat on for a minute in the lead up to what I want to say, without prejudice to anyone of course.