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[–]MenAreFragileBabies 62 insightful - 2 fun62 insightful - 1 fun63 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

That feeling of being intentionally misunderstood because you are not male. I have had this happen so many times in my professional life. Men act like what you just said is crazy, makes no sense, is completely illogical, so much so that they give you a weird look and say they don't even know how to respond. Then it makes perfect sense when your male colleague says the same thing.

It's the most infuriating thing, and it happens all the time to me. It's because they don't listen to what you are saying, but the do listen to what a man says. It's not even intentional on their part. But men are always just waiting to reply to a woman. They don't actually listen to what we say.

[–]SillyMoneyGoose 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This. I thought it was unintentional as well, now I think a lot of the time it isn’t unfortunately. Some men just don’t discuss in good faith, and instinctively women are seen as easy targets, since the stigma of being “CraazYyy” has always been forced on those of us who don’t comply