glanced at his watch & said, "I've got 4.15" & the conversation stopped & they just went with the time he'd said, like it must be correct.
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He noticed this happening time and again, as soon as he transitioned enough to read as male to most people.
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But we all read these. There was one going round by a trans man who said how much easier men were to talk to & how he valued simplifying.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GilR
That doesn't seem relevant to the topic. What's your point?
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That he found he got shut down less by men. I'm just not convinced by anecdotal evidence. It's all so subjective.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GilR
Fair enough, but only as subjective as your claim that you don't see it.
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Yes. That's why I said I am open to evidence of it.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GilR
Are you? Because you just dismissed my evidence & the world is hardly lacking in evidence of the kind of sexism that underpins mansplaining.
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Helen Pluckrose Retweeted Helen Pluckrose
Yes, I am. I am suspecting you biased tho. Its mostly coz of this:https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/912788906378252288 …
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Some other women have spoken of conservative attitudes in the American South & gentle men still being seen as leaders whilst women not.
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Women being seen not as unknowledgeable but as too soft for leadership roles unless very assertive. More moderate & explained observations.
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