Yes, but apparently a lot of people here (or maybe a lot of people in US, I wouldn't know) believe that if you assume that [person who works at male-dominated f

Yes, but apparently a lot of people here (or maybe a lot of people in US, I wouldn't know) believe that if you assume that [person who works at male-dominated field] is a man, then you're being sexist, even when the assumption about the gender is totally unrelated to the topic in question.