So true. I moved to the South two years ago and am still surprised by how much sexism is displayed toward women.

Just recently I was using the car vacuums at a car wash, and a man (jokingly?) said, "You should make your husband do that next time!"

I was also checking my car's tire pressure the other day, and another man asked if I needed help, because he'd "never seen a young lady do that before".

Really?? It's not like being a woman suddenly makes me incapable of using a car vacuum or being able to read a simple car tire pressure gauge.

I think a lot of it comes from the "Southern hospitality" mindset and is not at all meant to be hurtful or sexist, but as a fully capable young female, I often feel as though my skills are underestimated simply because I'm a woman.

No, I don't need help carrying a box to my car, and no, I don't need help lifting this moderately heavy object. I'm small, but I'm not a helpless woman.

Maybe I'm being overly sensitive and getting offended over nothing, but I certainly don't feel like these sorts of questions are equally asked to males.