Quote Originally Posted by pyxichick View Post
...It's all about the short hair. I haven't been mistaken for a boy ever since I grew my hair out to a short bob, but I guarantee that if it got shorter it would happen again.
I think you're right, I grew mine out into a ponytail (which looked horrendously frumpy on me BTW ) and not only did I stop getting called "sir", peoples behavior towards me changed noticeably. Men were much more polite and women would talk to me more (chatty stuff like when washing hands in a public restroom). I cut my hair short again in 2004 but with the post-menopausal softness I have now I don't get "sir" too often.