Weird question: Has anyone here ever...

[Trekhawk]

Im sure your not alone but I also have to wonder if the people that made those statements need glasses. I sure had no trouble picking out which was the boy in this one.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=12269

[missymaya]

I got the 'hey boy' comments both when I was a tot and as I got older:
When I was much younger (pre-puberty youth) I had my hair short and my teachers thought, at first, that I was a cute little boy. I got my ears pierced to make sure people knew I was a girl except my ears become infected and I had to take them out.
I developed a complex and for many years, I was terribly afraid of cutting my hair short. It didn't get much better as I got older. I too, like queen,am built like a defensive lineman at 5'11 and 160 (this is me being the thinest I can get w/o looking like I starve myself). When I used to row, we did a lot of weights, both upper and lower body, and I couldn't wear women's shirts b/c they didn't fit my shoulders. I easily weighed close to 180. So, when I got over the short hair complex + the muscular build, I got all sorts of things by strangers.
Now that I work in an office, I have to look nice and I kinda fit women's shirts now, so it can be easily determined that Im a woman, but when I workout, totally different story.

[mimitabby]

Im sure your not alone but I also have to wonder if the people that made those statements need glasses. I sure had no trouble picking out which was the boy in this one.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=12269

I agree with Trek here.

and from another angle, a few years ago, there was an article in my local paper, in the non-news section, summer filler; about who should and shouldn't wear shorts. For women over 40, it said, don't wear shorts unless you're built like a boy.
That made me smile because that describes the legs of most of us here (and me).

So maybe being built like a boy is a good thing. No, I'm not built like a boy, but my legs sorta are.

[Thistle]

Im sure your not alone but I also have to wonder if the people that made those statements need glasses. I sure had no trouble picking out which was the boy in this one.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=12269

when i read this i was thinking of this photo you posted and thinking "how could anyone think you were a boy "

I reckon some people must just speak without engaging their brain, or as someone else said maybe see you from behind.

I have tried to think of times i've had difficulty deciding when someone was male or female, and to be honest, there arent that many !! So i figure people who do this often (and it sounds like it does happen often from reading this thread ) either really do need glasses and arent wearing them (i'm at the age where i cant recognise colleagues at a distance so i know this is a possibilty) or maybe they are too lazy to actually look at whether they are talking to a guy or a girl