I have always suspected that I get aggro on the street that simply would not happen if i were a man. I'm not talking about the sexual stuff, obviously that's because I'm female. I'm talking about people being randomly aggressive because they think they can be.

It's hard to prove, of course, because I'm not a man, and rarely is there a way to see what said aggro person would do in the same situation if I were male. But today, a happenstance test case totally bore my theory out and I'm fuming.

I was talking thru a residential area. Wearing a mask. There's a man sitting on the low wall outside a (his?) house. He sees me walking towards him and starts being aggro about 2 metres distancing. Sticks out his stick across the pavement.

I am already walking on the edge of the pavement ie as far away as I can possibly be. So I am far enough away and pass him, ignoring him, because that's what women do isn't it. However, straight after, a man comes round the corner ahead of me.

He is walking in the middle of the pavement & walks right past me, with no attempt at social distancing. Onto aggro stick man - and he is surely going to walk into his stick, right? Nope, not a fucking peep, no sticking the stick out. Man sails right past him, well within a metre

and yes yes yes blah blah just one instance, but this is something that has been bothering me for YEARS and I've never been able to prove it. I just silently fume at the aggro, just KNOWING they wouldn't dare if I were a dude. & now i'm in a rage at the bullshit. The end.