Please check my dialog.

Man: ...And you're the manager of this company?

Woman: Yes, I am.

Man: You're not afraid that your employees will find it hard to respect you?/will have a hard time respecting you?

Woman: Why? Because I'm a woman?

Man: No, because you're an idiot.

1) Are the two highlighted suggestions equally natural in this context? Do you have a third suggestion that might be more natural?

2) Is the whole dialog natural?