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"female driver" I suspect her gender had nothing to do with it.

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• jacquesm 9y ago
  It's a statement of fact. I suspect you wouldn't have made your comment if he had written 'some guy cut me off'.
  • bsimpson 9y ago
    But it's superfluous. He (presumably) went out of his way to identify the gender of the driver when it has nothing to do with anything. You're right - I wouldn't have reacted to "some guy", because you're not calling attention to the person's gender. In fact, given the context, I wouldn't even presume to know the gender of "some guy." OP's use of "her" throughout the section makes it clear that she was female, and that's fine. But going out of his way to call out that it was a FEMALE driver reinforces stereotypes about women's competency, and that's not OK.