70
submitted 11 months ago by Nath@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago

Oh dude I went the other way as an adult. I have a deep voice and I'm tall so I'm pretty obviously trans.

Even so people went from just default listening to me and taking my ideas seriously to just ignoring me half the time. It's most egregious with strangers, if I speak about anything technical people often overrule say my opinion on something physics (An area I'm pretty knowledgable in and relatively good at communicating) for some half remembered anecdote some man told them, previously they'd be like "Oh wow that's interesting, I always thought X" or something far more indicative that they listened.

[-] loz@aussie.zone 1 points 11 months ago

I’m pretty obviously trans.

That could be enough maybe? Anyone who is perceived as "strange" gets second hand citizenship, even if it's subtle.

[-] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

Nah it happens even when I keep my mouth shut. Like men just look past you when looking for answers, people in shops will just ask a guy you're with what they want etc. Hell when I worked IT and people only knew my email signature I'd get the "can I get a man/someone more senior/an it specialist to look at this" after I'd give my opinion.

this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2023
70 points (85.7% liked)

Australia

3620 readers
114 users here now

A place to discuss Australia and important Australian issues.

Before you post:

If you're posting anything related to:

If you're posting Australian News (not opinion or discussion pieces) post it to Australian News

Rules

This community is run under the rules of aussie.zone. In addition to those rules:

Banner Photo

Congratulations to @Tau@aussie.zone who had the most upvoted submission to our banner photo competition

Recommended and Related Communities

Be sure to check out and subscribe to our related communities on aussie.zone:

Plus other communities for sport and major cities.

https://aussie.zone/communities

Moderation

Since Kbin doesn't show Lemmy Moderators, I'll list them here. Also note that Kbin does not distinguish moderator comments.

Additionally, we have our instance admins: @lodion@aussie.zone and @Nath@aussie.zone

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS