?(s) for women with short hair

[Eden]

As a purely esoteric question, I wonder why being mistaken for another gender is, well, uncomfortable. What is that? I want a #5 cut, but don't really want to be mistaken for a guy, either. Are we all primarily defined by our gender?
My head is spinning.

I think I want to smoke a pipe.

I am in big trouble.

I don't think I get annoyed at being mistaken for the other gender so much as I get annoyed at being mistaken for a child.... I've been completely ignored waiting for service in stores before because the staff assumes I'm someone's kid...