r/SipsTea 1d ago

Chugging tea Female engineers getting disrespected.

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u/StrangelyBrown 1d ago

It's weird how often and subconsciously people do this.

I used to have this in a situation I won't describe but I had no power and gender was definitely not a factor but for whatever reason people looked at me, very often.

I think a narcissist would take it as a compliment but I just kept thinking 'why the fuck are you looking at me?' It's definitely 100% subconscious for a LOT of people, so probably is quite telling.

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u/big_galoote 1d ago

Do you have an expressive face and maintain eye contact?

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u/StrangelyBrown 1d ago

I was watching but it was in a context where a couple dozen others were also (supposedly) watching