“Every time I'm out with my SO, male hosts, servers, cashiers, salespeople, managers, will direct their questions and eye contact at him. I have gotten in the habit of answering for him. I reach for the check, I order first, I ask questions. Then sometimes they still direct back to him. It's maddenin…”— neverbeast, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“A couple years ago, I took my dad out to his favorite Mexican restaurant for Father's Day. My father explicitly mentioned to the waitress that it was so nice of me to take him out for Father's Day. When the waitress came to take our orders, my dad was waffling between two options (one of which was m…”— Luminaria19, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“I'm assistant instructor at my HEMA club, but I'm also a woman and one of the youngest fighters we have. After our main instructor I also have the most longsword experience (except for one or two guys who show up very rarely). While I normally just help out with teaching alongside the main instructo…”— WillFightForRamen, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“The most casual one is probably giving pet names to girls you don't even know. I don't like being called honey or pearl by random strangers.”— Mrs_Seagull, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“I worked something out on the computer at my retail job to save this man an extra dollar or two. He smiled and said 'So I guess they didn't hire you just because you were pretty.' I knew he meant "pretty AND smart" but it really didn't come out that way.”— dearmissally, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“I'm a woman who spent my school and college years working in retail, mostly in stockrooms. Because of my looks (short hair, rarely wear makeup or jewellery, etc) people never had a problem with me working in the stockroom, lifting heavy boxes and such. I don't understand the thinking behind it, but…”— beogaire, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“We were preparing a meeting room, moving desks and chairs. I was helping with the furniture moving while a male colleague who had VERY RECENTLY injured his back and only a few days prior been allowed to leave his bed to go back to work observed. He got called out by another colleague for standing ar…”— swiftwater, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“I used to have a long driving commute to school...I was once given this advice from a mechanic. 'If your car breaks down just pull over, pop the hood and stare into the car. Eventually a man will pull over and help you with whatever is wrong'.”— oatmealsun, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“I've never once heard a guy curse and someone respond with 'That's not how gentlemen speak', but I've heard that I'm not 'ladylike' because I've used the word fuck.”— josephineblack, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“The demand of emotional labor. Somebody married, got a baby? Please take care of the card, you are a woman, you can do these things better. ಠ_ಠ”— Zefirama, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“'That's not a very flattering outfit' — my dad judging the important presidential qualities of Hillary Clinton 30 seconds into the first debate.”— delillie, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“My (female) supervisor approached my (male) coworker to remind him to get back on task. It was a simple reminder, there wasn't any attitude at all in what she said. He turned to me and said, 'This is why I don't like working with women.'”— iamagiraff3, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“Every time we have contractors over at the house and they feel the need to oversimplify shit to me. 'See that shiny silver thing? That's an air duct, air goes through it.' Or every time I've started a new job and men and women alike assume that I'm my (usually upper management) boss's new secretary…”— spirality5, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“My mom is pretty amazing with building things, my dad can't build a thing unless it is a computer, so when they wanted to redo the fence in their yard or build a bookcase or a bed frame, mom is the one who planned it out and bought supplies and put it together, only really using dad's assistance whe…”— YoeSafBridge, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“When doing my apprenticeship in Carpentry, my supervisors would refuse me use of power tools, before handing them to a less-qualified-than-me male. Also, when buying cars/building supplies with a male friend present, the salesmen will refuse to acknowledge me. Too bad, I'm the one with the money mat…”— Yufraxitr, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“At a former job, a male coworker would spend time in every conversation we had just staring at my boobs. He'd either talk to them for a while (instead of making eye contact) or take a space break at the end and mutely look. Just like Bridget Jones' older boss did in the first movie, but for a longer…”— lilac_socks, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“I work hotel front desk so I deal with daily sexism from guests, but the worst example was several years ago. A gentleman from another country (not naming the country because I don't want to bash the entire country on one person's account) refused to be checked in by me, stated "in my country women…”— hotel_girl985, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“I was once at an STEM event where a speaker commented "it's good to see all you ladies here!". There were about 5 women there including me, out of 20-25 total.”— Chelzero, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“There is a certain bias dealing with women who exist and talk within a group. Men who were asked the percentage of women in a group answered "about 50%" when in reality it was actually less than 20%. They also answered that there were more women than men in the room when the number of women approach…”— Halloysite, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues
“I recently took my niece to a doctor's appointment. She's 4. She was wearing a knee-length skirt (and was wearing shorts underneath) and playing on the ground with other kids in the kids section thing they have in some waiting rooms. This older woman comes by, taps her on the shoulder and sternly sa…”— ffreudiannipss, reddit.comTagged: Reddit, Sexism, Being a woman, Women's Issues