# Tell me you're a woman **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 22, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-woman/978625 "2023-01-22T21:54:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-woman/978625/61 "2023-01-24T00:26:13Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I make less than male colleagues with lower qualifications who were hired years after me. This is exactly what our trans woman client (an engineer) said happened to her after her sex change. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-woman/978625/62 "2023-01-24T00:58:38Z")
Person 1- Where you been so long? Me- Waiting online at the restroom. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-woman/978625/63 "2023-01-24T01:00:36Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Me- Waiting online at the restroom. a woman and a New Yorker. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-woman/978625/64 "2023-01-24T01:00:39Z")
I love cheese. (Oh, sorry, I was looking for the Tell Me You’re A Caucasian without telling me You’re A Caucasian thread. Carry on). ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-woman/978625/65 "2023-01-24T01:01:50Z")
Now I have an interesting idea for a thread-tell me you’re a cat… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-woman/978625/66 "2023-01-24T01:02:29Z")
Why would liking cheese be different between races? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-woman/978625/67 "2023-01-24T01:03:02Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Now I have an interesting idea for a thread-tell me you’re a cat Yes!. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-woman/978625/68 "2023-01-24T01:03:03Z")
Hey, that’s mine! I thought of it in the shower.🤗 ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-woman/978625/69 "2023-01-24T01:08:21Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Why would liking cheese be different between races? I don’t mean to suggest that non-white people don’t like cheese. But white people definitely do like cheese. Of course, wrong thread and all. My apologies. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-woman/978625/70 "2023-01-24T01:13:26Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Why would liking cheese be different between races Ever have the waiter grate cheese onto your food at a Chinese restaurant? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-woman/978625/71 "2023-01-24T01:17:22Z")
Well, there’s that. I’ve never met an Hispanic or A.A person who didn’t like cheese. Maybe it’s because I’m in the south? Hmmm? New thread coming to a forum near you😊 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-woman/978625/72 "2023-01-24T11:07:14Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Why would liking cheese be different between races? > **[Lactase persistence | Global distribution of the phenotype](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactase_persistence#Global_distribution_of_the_phenotype)** > > The distribution of the lactase persistence (LP) phenotype, or the ability to digest lactose into adulthood, is not homogeneous in the world. Lactase persistence frequencies are highly variable. In Europe, the distribution of the lactase persistence phenotype is clinal, with frequencies ranging from 15–54% in the south-east to 89–96% in the north-west. For example, only 17% of Greeks and 14% of Sardinians are predicted to possess this phenotype, while around 80% of Finns and Hungarians and 10 Hi... ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-woman/978625/73 "2023-01-24T11:47:56Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > > > Me- Waiting online at the restroom. > > a woman and a New Yorker. Unless they have virtual restrooms now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-a-woman/978625.md?page=3)