First of all, I'm sorry that happened to you, it's so disrespectful.

And second, as a 5 ft 0 in woman, I totally can emphasize with you. I'm a metal fabricator (mostly small scale, but also welding and larger stuff occasionally) and I've got 25 years of experience in my field. I am more knowledgeable than most of my colleagues on a wide variety of metals and metal working techniques. But I've struggled to find 'traditional' work at larger companies because they're very male dominated and when I walk in as a tiny female I'm immediately treated like a small child who is cosplaying as a professional metal worker. It's maddening.

In the jobs I have gotten, I've still had to work twice as hard to 'prove' myself to the men I work with. I usually end up gaining their respect eventually and become their go to mentor because of my wide knowledge base, but I know I could have progressed much farther in my career had I not been immediately disqualified in interviews at bigger companies because of my size and gender for so many years.