I'm in a live-work situation with 5 men. Sometimes ppl say 'what's it like being the only girl?' or 'gotta bring that female energy!' I understand why they say it, but it makes me feel a bit weird. I don't feel meaningfully different from my coworkers cause of my gender.
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I don't feel like my energy is different. I just feel like a person living with other people. I suspect other people have some sense of gender that affects their lived experience, which causes them to make comments like that?
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What's a live-work situation? Do you live with your coworkers? If so that seems more unusual than the gender difference.
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I was in a similar situation, living in a shared room with several men. I think being in such close quarters made gender matter less. It's like you're siblings. I'm sure I was treated slightly differently but I didn't feel meaningfully different
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Wilfull ignorance towards a coed dynamic doesn't entirely alter the environment. Nobody can be the exception.
The sexes can only ever be friends as long as their needs are being met elsewhere, otherwise there will always be pressure from one or more parties.
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