Hey Pandas, What's The Most Discriminating Thing That Has Happened To You? (Closed)

Sorry if this doesn't fit here but one of my family members once got mad at me when I was having a panic attack. They told me to "just stop it" and "stop being dramatic".

I've written this already somewhere here while reacting to some comments, but I think it fits here too:
"An older male gynecologist tried to explain to me, that all my pains are imaginary (it was a 2 week follow-up appointment after I was delivered to the same hospital unconscious from my period pain with my pants all soaked in blood and pain medication not working) and that I should see I psychiatrist instead or try other methods to seek attention from people, so I would not disturb doctors. "Periods are not that bad" - he said, "Look at men, we don't have to imagine sickness to get attention" - he said. Took some time to get the right diagnosis. It was not in my head."

In second grade, I had a substitute teacher who told me I was holding the pencil wrong and forced my hand into the position she thought was correct. It HURT. I'm lefthanded, and I hold my pencil differently. The pencil really hurt and I had to slip into that pose every time she walked by. She did this to another kid, too.

My freaking hair is apparently too "ethnic" so I've been repeatedly told to cut it off before school photographs. The last time I was warned about this they told me I wouldn't be allowed on the graduating ceremony as I didn't give off a "clean look", the school was obviously very concerned about how my curly hair was gonna send the "wrong vibes" and would attract "undesirable candidates" and therefore would "undermine" their "prestige" and consequently the "quality" of the entire educational system...

Because the syllabus cares about your looks :I

I used to get pulled over a lot when I was driving through certain neighborhoods while driving my souped-up car. I'm sure they were always thinking I was a dealing drugs or that I was a street racer. They always made up some ridiculous reason for why they pulled me over. Once it was my windshield looked cracked, it wasn't. My exhaust was too loud. I actually had a silencer installed on my car. The cop car was louder than mine. My favorite was I had a burned out head light. It was 2pm and my headlights weren't even on. They usually would give me a warning and leave after running my license but twice they gave me a fixit ticket and I had to go fight it in court. I actually started carrying copies of the penal codes they were claiming I had broken in my glove box so I could show them they were full of s**t.

"You can't play video games bc you're a girl" "you should be in the kitchen" i hear it every single day.

I don't know if this counts as discrimination per se, but it's horrible.
General catcalling and harassment of women has been an issue that has affected me a lot in the short 14 years I've been alive. Several times in public I have seen men staring at me, making comments, or even rubbing against me. Guys at school have slapped my butt. It's so f****d up, and I hate it. The worst part is that it's quite normalized and almost all women have to deal with it.
And we tell women and girls to cover up. Like no, how about we tell men and boys to respect people!!!? How about that?
I think I should be able to wear what I want, do what I want, and not be in danger of harassment, catcalling, or rape!
So, yeah, it's just daily discrimination that most women must face so much that we've almost become accustomed to it.
But that needs to be changed.
So please, if you're a man, respect women, and teach your sons to do the same. And if you're a woman, respect women, teach your sons to do the same and know that you deserve better.

When I was 14, I went on a church weekend trip with a friend. I got to breakfast the fist morning toward the end of serving time and they had one pancake left. About the time I held out my plate my friend's brother came up and said he wanted more - he had already had two servings. The woman serving said "He needs it, he's a boy." and gave him the pancake. As a boy, he got more than enough, as a girl, I got nothing.

I apologize if this seems over exaggerated
I had been friends with this boy for a while and we all got along very well, us two had a group chat with other friends where we could all text after school.
It turns out this boy liked me he told me this in the group chat.
I responded by politely telling him I did not feel the same and then told them I was into girls he was supportive and I thought this was over.
The next day the boy who liked me asked me if I wasn’t gay would I go out with him, I was confused but just said sure he then asked the same question again later that day.
I then noticed he was being more physical with me like touching my back and hugging me I was uncomfortable but I didn’t speak up even when he started making jokes about my sexuality. This continued to a point where I was fed up and cut all ties with him.

Lots to choose from, but we'll stick with some stuff from my father: He's always commenting on how women are so emotional and how women really need to improve if we want to show pride for ourselves. He also thinks that all people living condos and suburban areas are "sheep" (he thinks my mother is a sheep) and how all people living in rough n' tough cities (like where he lives) is considered a wolf. Since I'm his and my mom's daughter, he'd like for me to be a "sheepdog" so that I'm a healthy dose of tough wolf and gentle, frail sheep. 🤔

All through school I was always the target of bullies. In the 4th grade we sat in groups of 4 to 5 desks. 2 of the kids in the group didn't like me so they told the teacher they didn't want to sit by me. So infront of the entire class the teacher had my group vote all 4 in the group voted me out (the other two went along with it so they wouldn't become outcasts as well) the teacher said fine and made me move my desk to an empty spot and sit by myself. I of course went home in tears, my parents of course immediately called the school and spoke with the principal. The next day my teacher had to put me back in the group apologizing to the four students for having to put me back. She never apologized to me.

Okay, I've got a lot, but I'll stick with this one. In kindergarten, I had short hair, I hung out with the boys, and I didn't wear girly clothes, so everyone assumed that I was a boy. When one of my classmate's parents was handing out their birthday cupcakes they gave me a blue one like all the boys got because the blue ones didn't have sprinkles. I didn't want one with blue frosting, because who likes blue frosting? I asked him why I got one with blue frosting and he said because sprinkles are for girls. I told him that I was a girl and he said that if I had short hair and didn't wear a skirt, I was a girl.

Not really that big a deal, but when I was a little kid the Boy Scouts came to my class and talked all about this fun party they were throwing for all the kids interested in joining. They were really hyping it up, and were even giving away little helicopter straw toys to the ones who attended. My older brother was a Boy Scout, and I seriously wanted one of those free toys, so I was excited to go. However, 5 year old me had to be explained to that it was the BOY Scouts, and so no girls could go. And, that meant no free helicopter straw for me.

join a club with mostly guys, Worked super hard while the boys did nothing, at the end of the year, one of us will be chosen for assistant leader. The most lazy guy got chosen, confronted the leader about this and he said this quote

"some jobs require a suit, not a skirt"

My manager tried to have me fired because I'm epileptic.

At boarding school, I was told by one of the nuns that I was not allowed to attend the disco because I wore a Mjolnir pendant and therefore I was "A sinner who worships heathen devils"

my teacher told me this ¨oh honey your holding your pencil wrong. instead of your left hand use your right hand ok?¨

My story has nothing to do with nice guys and sexism, so feel free to remove it if you think that it doesn't fit. Anyways, here's the most discriminating thing that ever happened to me: as a student, I was looking a few years ago for a place to live in Germany, since I was doing some kind of Erasmus-like studying year in that country. I was on the phone, chatting with the owner of a nice apartment, and he suddenly asked me where I was from. Just as I told him, he hung up and went full no contact with me. I later found out that I got much more answers to my emails after I had somewhat germanised my name.

Medical school interview at my state university - I was asked when I was going to get married and quit medicine and when was I going to quit medicine to "make babies". I'd didn't gain admission - big surprise!

i honestly dont know if this goes here or not but once i was at a basketball game with my "parents" and i had a heart attack and my "parents" just ignored it and the only reason i survived is because some random person called the ambulance and then after a month of being in the hospital i went home and my
'parents" said "your so f*cking dramatic and a attention seeker your such an embarrassment to this family" so i ran away