It’s surprising that a manager at Fortune 500 company would tolerate such flagrant insubordination, Rebecca. I haven’t worked in a corporate environment since the 1990s, but even back then, those editors’ actions would have been cause for termination where I worked.

I suspect a female of any age or race would have gotten the same response, though. The guy who thought he should have had your job would have balked at anyone. He was angry at getting passed over.