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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/whiningloser on 2023-09-13 03:43:01.

After running some errands I discovered that my car battery was dead. Annoying for multiple reasons but no big deal since I had cables in my trunk. After maneuvering my car out of my parking spot (I was boxed in) so that my battery was accessible, I’m lifting my car hood when two girls that had just parked a little down the aisle ask if I need help as they’re walking toward me. After telling them I have jumper cables and know how to use them (they had told me they didnt know how to jump a car) and all I need is another car they seemed happy to help.

They had taken just 2 steps away from me when this older woman (40s) pops out from a car just across the aisle and also asks if I need help. When I tell her that I need a jump, her face immediately sags into a frown like this is all too much for her before she says, “I’m going to go look for a man.”

“No,” I tell her, “I know how to do it if you want to go pull your car up right here. I have the cables and everything.” That look is still there as she again says, “No, I’m going to get a man. Guys are always willing to help in situations like these.” And she quickly walks off into the parking lot of the store next door.

At this point the girls have paused and are looking at me in a confused way, and I just say with shoulders raised, “I guess she’s going to get someone?” while at the same time I’m pretty fucking annoyed. The girls were more than willing and if anything, it could have been a quick little lesson on how to jump a fucking car for them. I KNOW how to do it lady. A guy isnt a requirement. All I need is another fucking car. Thinking back on it I wish I would have just ignored her and asked the girls if they could continue helping me.

A couple of minutes later (mind you these super nice girls stayed by the whole time just in case) the older woman reappears and tells me she found a couple of guys to come over to where I’m at. I just politely say thanks even though I’m irritated as all hell. Like, the absolute NERVE of this woman. She has this big ol smile on her face like she just saved the day and all I can think about is her ingrained misogyny and how if I was a man in the same position would she have just pulled up her car to give me a jump, no questions asked?

The cherry on the whole thing was that when the two very polite men got there to help me, they started to give me a lesson on how to use jumper cables! It wasn’t their fault of course. If I knew how to use jumper cables why the hell would their assistance have ever been requested???