So, today I was told by a coworker that I'm "very masculine" and the fact that I have two brothers and no sisters "explains everything."

There's background to this comment (we were having a conversation about another coworker of ours, who is distinguished from the multiple Katies we work with by being known as "Dude-bro Katie" because she calls everyone "dude" and "bro" ) but it's not terrifically pertinent. I have been stewing about this all afternoon, and trying to figure out why the fuck I even care. Aforementioned coworker (at one of the gayest restaurants I have ever worked at, in San Francisco of all damn places) is a girl, and not particularly prudish; none of my coworkers are, for fairly obvious reasons—probably upwards of 60% of my coworkers are gay, and shamelessly so.

When I asked my coworker to explain what she meant by that comment, exactly, she floundered and made vague noises about my height and my voice (low for a woman, but then, most women aren't 6'1") and my... personality, I guess, because she wasn't being terribly specific? I chose not to pursue the conversation. At the time I was too baffled by the comment to even know how to react to it. And now I'm just annoyed.

( Brb, being too ~manly for your friendspage!Collapse )