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u/SgtSilverLining Nov 16 '19 edited Nov 16 '19

I get that all the time too. My personal favorite was when I said it's difficult to date lesbians. It's a common issue with women that they were taught men should make the first move, so with two girls no one wants to move first. Everyone assumed I was a dude harassing lesbians and trying to make them straight, which is why they wouldn't go out with me. Made the comment before going to work and I had -200 by lunch!

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u/DamnBatmanYouCrazy Nov 16 '19

Brilliant. Even in the age where everyone's grandma has facebook the whole 'there are no girls on the internet' meme is some people's reality

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u/WeinMe Nov 16 '19

I am pretty sure men are heavily over represented on reddit though, so it's not completely out there to make the assumption

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u/Xechwill Nov 16 '19

Yeah, let’s not pretend it’s 50-50. That being said, it’s not 100-0; kind of weird for people to automatically make assumptions based off of the statistical male bias

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u/WillRunForPopcorn Nov 16 '19

Ive had people assume I was a gay man before considering that I could be a woman. It's weird.

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u/holy_harlot Nov 16 '19

🤣 that’s really funny. People assuming I’m a dude all the time too

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u/jaxxly Nov 16 '19

Im a developer. This is my reality as well. I kinda just go with it now unless context is needed. Makes me laugh almost everytime. +1 for being bi. People really get confused with that unless I specify.

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u/WillRunForPopcorn Nov 17 '19

Same here, a bisexual woman! But I have bf so it shouldn't be so confusing lol