Yes, these little subconscious bias based on gender is still very pervasive in our society and is likely to continue to have a pretty good hold for a while yet, I think. I can relate with your concerns, to be sure! I think it really makes my days a bit better whenever other people make little efforts to recognize gender bias and break down the small outdated habits. For example, at work, a friend would always include my name last in a string of names if there are male coworkers involved, even if I'm the one doing the most work in the project, so it's like "Hi, Rob, Greg, Tim, veryspider, ..."

And I asked him one time about it and he's like, oh, i didn't realize such things, but now he makes the effort to assign the order based on who the email is most pertinent to so..... IMPROVEMENTS! :D

Great post, @fionasfavourites <3 Really resonates with me~ !!!