Why don't white Stacies ever have this problem?? Anyway
Male or female?” the stranger asked me.
I was 21, standing in a brightly lit 7-11. All I wanted to do was buy my siblings Slurpees.
I was so surprised by the casual way this person had decided to interrogate my gender that I accidentally blurted out, “Male!” and then, realizing my mistake, “No, no — I mean female!” My face burned as I carried the ice-cold drinks to the counter.
For over a decade, I’ve had experiences likes these: public instances where I have been mistaken for a man. It was no accident that a random white dude in a 7-11 thought it was perfectly okay to ask me if I was a woman.
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Male or female?” the stranger asked me.
I was 21, standing in a brightly lit 7-11. All I wanted to do was buy my siblings Slurpees.
I was so surprised by the casual way this person had decided to interrogate my gender that I accidentally blurted out, “Male!” and then, realizing my mistake, “No, no — I mean female!” My face burned as I carried the ice-cold drinks to the counter.
For over a decade, I’ve had experiences likes these: public instances where I have been mistaken for a man. It was no accident that a random white dude in a 7-11 thought it was perfectly okay to ask me if I was a woman.
As A Black Woman, I'm Tired Of Having To Prove My Womanhood
"Ain't I a woman?" Some historical evidence suggests Sojourner Truth never asked her most famous question. But as a tall, dark-skinned black woman, it's a question I've grappled with all my life.
