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It seems like nonsense to even be wasting time arguing about whether she's a woman or not on a car forum, but how did it even come up?
They misgendered her unknowingly and she corrected them as the post explains. Then came the 17 pages of misgendering and discussion.
I didn't read the post that way, but that makes sense. I read it as they were calling her he/him because they had decided she wasn't a she after it had already come up.
Regardless they are such a bunch of fragile gatekeeping man babies. Even if it was a man who was asking to be called by female pronouns, why would they care? It's irrelevant to the topic.
Even if she introduced herself as "I'm a 23yo girl" I think it's completely fine, I bet there's tons of posts that start with "I'm a 40yo dude living in X state that decided to buy this bad boy, I've been having issues with..." And just keep going and no one bats an eye.
I agree, fragile babies.
I think that's an odd way to start a post asking for car advice, but regardless the advice should hinge more on the vehicle and the problem rather than the sex of the advised. Having a dick has never helped me solve a problem with my cars ..