Very relatable point about sexism in this vid about social transition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJuoZHCcj0w&t=332s For example, I'm a mediocre programmer, and before transition others assumed I was a good programmer, and after transition, others now assume I am a not-that-good programmer.
Relatedly, my skills developed very unevenly ("T-shaped") due to undiagnosed autism. I think when I expressed that I didn't understand a peripheral topic when working on code as a man, folks read it as an indicator of aloof genius, but now that I present as a transfem enby, folks take any ignorance as a sign of incompetence.
@johana I had this happen too. Friends were jokingly calling me "professor" when I was younger, and i was treated as an absent-minded intellectual....now I'm a ditzy blonde bimbo who was previously fired from a research career because i was suddenly perceived as less "engaging" and competent. Funny how that works! 😖
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