4 : " I have walked into a courtroom in a case , checked in for a case , and catch the judge say to the other side , ' counsel for so and so is here , ' and had the other ( male ) attorney look around the way , decently past me , and go , ' Where is he ? ' "

Last week, BuzzFeedfeatured a storyabout Delta Airlines pilot Laura Haynor, who was speaking at an amendment hearing on Minnesota’s sick and safe time law when Republican Sen. Gene Dornink referred to her as a “stewardess.”

“ I ’m a Minneapolis based pilot for Delta airline business . ”“Tell me what a typical workweek is like for you as a stewardess.”pic.twitter.com/ty7fWeNTYH

The event spurred tons of outage and, unsurprisingly, a lot of women could relate to their profession being belittled. Here are their personal stories:

1.“I’m an engineer, and I grew up with parents in construction. I purchased a foreclosure and remodeled it. My baby boomer, caucasian HVAC repairman was shocked by my remodeling work and told me at least 60 times that I should have been a boy.”

" He could not stop saying it . I told him my dad was very gallant I am a girl with these talents . "

— previous July

2.“I am a woman and lawyer. I got to a deposition early and was talking with one of the other attorneys in the room, a man. The third attorney, a man, walked in and threw his business card at me, thinking I was the court reporter.”

" 1 . No one should treat court newsperson that path . 2 . I hold his board back at him and told him I am an lawyer . He looked sheeplike and mutter what I take over was a half - hearted excuse . This is only one of many stories I and my fellow women lawyer I know have . It ’s infuriate . "

— Redrab5121

3.“Shoutout to every man who saw my DAV tag and asked me which branch my father/husband served in, then went on to balk in disbelief when I told them I’m the veteran, full stop.”

" limited shoutout to men who see me in uniform and straightaway accused me of stolen valor . "

— CourtesyFlush

4.“I have walked into a courtroom in a suit and checked in for a case and overheard the judge say to the other side, ‘counsel for so and so is here,’ and had the other (male) attorney look around the room, right past me, and go, ‘Where is he?'”

" I also do initial screener calls for intake client . They get an email telling them the lawyer will be contacting them at such and such metre . Several times a week , however , I call an intake customer , and they answer , disappointed , and go , ' Wait , they told me I was going to contact with a attorney , ' thinking I am a secretary . I ’m always like , ' Yup . You are . And here I am , call you at the very fourth dimension of your lawyer appointment . ' My male person paralegal is on a regular basis assumed to be the lawyer when he contact people on my cases , even when they have it off my distaff identifiable name . "

— lawyerlady

5.“I was a carpenter…and a female. I was up in the rafters of a house and adding joist hangers. A man in a BUSINESS SUIT walks in, looks up at me, and says, ‘Can I help you?'”

" I look down and say , ' Do you know how to do what I am doing ? ' He enunciate , ' No , ' and I pause , and then say , ' Then why do you think you’re able to aid me ? ' "

— awfulgoose70

6.“I’m a mortician. Of the four other morticians I work with, only one is male; he works at the same location as me. I have been working in this industry for nearly 10 years, and served countless families multiple times. They know me.”

" But since he returned from retreat , I have been confused as the secretary more times than I care to count . He was retire through COVID-19 , and he did n’t have a clue what it was like to handle for ( prep , arrange , and service set ) five [ or more ] families in a day , six day a hebdomad , but I ’m the escritoire . "

— dianareyna13

7.“I work in a hospital. EVERY time I tell someone where I work, the ONLY response I get is, ‘Oh, so you’re a nurse.'”

" Nobody has ever said Dr. , or any of the dozens of other positions in healthcare ( physical therapist , occupational healer , respiratory , ex - re technical school , phlebotomist , etc . ) . Even if the only option were doctor and lactate , you ’d think at least once in a while someone would say doc . Nope . Never happens . "

— Thinkerbell88

8.“In my early 20s, I was in a management position in a warehouse. Of course, most of my subordinates were men. At first, the major complaint was that I was ‘obviously’ getting by on my looks and sleeping my way to the top.”

" And when I bear witness them that I could lift as much , burp as clamorously , and curse as articulately as they could , the new major complaint was that I was ' unladylike . ' We ca n’t fucking win . "

9.“I was a firefighter for 25 years — I worked with structural firefighting, hazmat, confined space, extrication, driving the apparatus, and worked my way up the ranks to be chief of my fire company for six years.”

" I was also a fire instructor , fire inspector , and was on the state attack mission writing DoS computer code . When I mention this to people , every single blinking sentence , to this 24-hour interval , they assume I was an EMT only , because girls are allowed to do first aid and nothing else . "

— shelleye

10.“I drove a monster truck (I am small in stature), and I would put it on display at events.”

" As male , young and old , would amount up , they ’d involve me who the number one wood was , and I ’d say ' me , ' and they ’d either go still or give me an atta ’ female child , or they would in a flash say , ' We need to see you get up in there . ' Like I had to examine I actually drive the damn hand truck . "

— laughingcan64

11.“A long time ago, I was friends with a married couple (male/female), and they were both ministers.”

" They were invitee officiants at a church . The cleaning lady delivered the substance , and the husband assist with the overhaul . After the armed service , they stood at the door and greet people . A couple of people tell her she give a nice ' talk ' — heaven proscribe they acknowledge it was a sermon . BUT the worst was when a female parishioner came through the tune , aver nothing to the woman , shake bridge player with the hubby , and told him HE did a proficient caper preaching ! ! Things like that are why I ’m no longer in unionized faith . "

— angrypunk14

12.“I was asked to take notes in a meeting of equals where I was the only woman. I was called ‘dear’ by an older man in a meeting. I was asked to bring the coffee pot in by a man in a meeting of equals. Older white men, in particular, only know women as wives, daughters, and secretaries. They can become very uncomfortable with businesswomen. They don’t know how to act. They probably feel they have to watch their language, and be careful not to tell off-color jokes, and they don’t like it.”

" It ’s not dissimilar now . Now , 50 years subsequently when I play golf game with my husband and his law partners , they act uncomfortable . I can swear like a sailor and laugh at their off - color prank , but there is still a gumption of tenseness . I trust it ’s because they cognise they necessitate to watch themselves in suit their jest take a racial , anti - womanhood , or sexually inappropriate flavour . Their guy friends would n’t diss them for it , but they ’re somewhat certain I would . They are correct . "

— furrygem13

13.“My sister once got told she was ‘not a real lawyer, just an assistant’ because this idiot didn’t know what Assistant State’s Attorney meant.”

— singingeachtoeach

14.“I was a financial advisor, the only female out of 60. During a meeting, the president asked me in front of everyone to step out and ‘go grab a cup of coffee’ because I ‘didn’t need to hear this.’ I was shocked.”

" All the advisors seem at me as I left confounded . I at last asked everyone what the sin they were discussing in the meeting . They said the company torment policies ! So it looked like I had complained , which I did n’t ; it was a lady in another section . That position was nuts . "

— uniquecloud17

15.“I am a highly experienced (10 years) service advisor at a Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram dealership in the south.”

" I constantly pick up ' I require to utter to one of the piece in the back , ' ' You probably wo n’t know the reply to this , ' or , ' Oh I thought you were the receptionist . ' It ’s SO frustrating this still happens . "

— 9393mdc

16.“Back when I worked customer-facing tech support and computer repair, a customer came in needing a computer dropped off for a quote. I was still in the repair room so I hustled out to take care of it. I walk out with the man’s computer, find out what happened, and make the quote to him. THIS MAN.”

" He take care me all in in the oculus and said , ' I ’ll wait for the technician . ' I looked him bushed in the oculus and coldly say , ' Sir . I AM the technician . Would you care to provide your information processing system to be recompense ? ' It was fun to see him deflate visibly and quietly say ' Yes , please ' to me . Just ‘cause I have boobs , does n’t imply I do n’t also have a mental capacity , asshole ! "

— cailian13

17.“I spent 35+ years as a special education paraprofessional working directly with students who had a wide variety of needs.”

" When people referred to me as ' a teacher ’s auxiliary , ' I eventually started to speak up , letting them know that a teacher ’s aide is a pencil , computer , program library corner , or Smart Board , and such tools . I ’m a special educational activity paraprofessional . That ’s the title that defines the job . "

— deliciousdragon31

18.“I’m a woman in tech who works as a software support engineer, and the countless times a day my solution/idea is questioned/doubted is exhausting.”

" I ’ve had clients specifically even ask for a male co-worker . Who in reality just repeated the information I had pay him anyway . I ’m the senior most person on the team and have succeed best in my use awards at employment . It just does n’t weigh to a lot of people . "

— shytree79

19.“I’m a retired Air Force Officer (Navigator) and so is my husband. I first entered the military as an Army-enlisted WAC in 1975. After three years, I took a break to use my GI bill benefits for my undergraduate degree and joined the Air Force as an officer.”

" My hubby and I both have Air Force permit plate . When we are together , mass thank my hubby for his service and take the air past me . No one says a word when I ’m alone in my automobile . They simulate the collection plate is because of my husband ’s service . "

— susanbrowned

20.“I once had a doctor refuse to believe I worked as a chef to the point that he put a note in my medical file saying that I will lie to make myself seem important. He kept correcting me when I told him I was a chef and informing me I was a waitress.”

— pastrychefninja

21.“I was a dancer and ran my own dance company.”

" Whenever I get my boyfriend to shows , people almost always assumed he was my handler . He could ’ve been anything , like an help or whatever , but they assumed that he was in charge . "

— happyjellyfish71

22.“I was an engineer and a subject matter expert on a login system for our external facing business servers. I was paged to an incident bridge.”

" I told them I was there , and one of the aged VPs said they did n’t need another project manager . I calmly said that is salutary because I ’m the arrangement engine driver here to fix LOGIN . "

— goldenglue89

23.“I owned my own hair salon for 17 years. So many times I was asked, is your husband here? Also from other women. No! I’m the owner! I make the decisions!”

" I also had an international businessman derive in show a newspaper . I asked what article he was reading and started an intelligent and in - astuteness conversation with him about it . He was shocked and really said he was surprised by how intelligent I was and enquire why I was doing ' just hair . ' Ugh ! "

— charmingdaredevil60

24.And finally, “In the early 2000s, I worked as head of International Research & Development for a Fortune 500 construction company. I was called a secretary, asked to get coffee, and told to type contracts.”

" One male engineer said I could n’t possibly realise his job requirement . Another asked if I was working because I could n’t line up a husband . "

— cuteoctopus60