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user-inactivated  ·  3408 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: It's Weird How People Correct Me When They Think I'm A Woman

I merely have an anecdotal comment: so many times in my life when I've lived with male housemates, the question of setting up a router or troubleshooting wireless issues would come up, and their default response was that I didn't know what I was talking about, because I was female. Without thinking, without being aware of what they were doing, it was their default response, dismissive of anything I had to say.

Going to Best Buy, as well as auto repair shops, is also fun when you're a technologically competent woman. Never mind the times I've offered to help with electrical, house repair problems. And people of both genders being so shocked when they see me carrying something heavy without asking for help.

And yes, I can replace the big bottle of water on the office water dispenser all on my own.