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One of the most exhausting things about being a (perceived) woman working in computational physics is dealing with men who don't think women can do physics and men who don't think women can code (there is a lot of overlap here). Things men have tried to 'explain' to me recently:
- Basic coding practices
- A topic I have published papers on
- How to debug a code ("have you tried adding print statements")
- How code releases work
- My own ideas 
#WomenInSTEM #WomenWhoCode
These men also seem to get very upset when I reply with "I agree that's a good idea for the code, that's why I proposed it in the first place".
Also I would really like to see other men (especially the self proclaimed feminists) call out this behaviour in meetings, because it is so tiring to have to fight just to get my voice heard. #AcademicChatter
@dchooper91 In general would like to see more men calling out sexist behaviour in other men. At least then we could benefit from them being listened to more.
@dchooper91 And even when men call out another guy's behaviour towards me, I often find that that guy then apologises to the man who called out the bad behaviour, and not to me. Infuriating.
@dchooper91 that feeling when you ask a very specific and specialized question and get patronized with a lecture in coding basics instead 
(edit: typo)
@dchooper91@kind.social “It must be biology”
@dchooper91 re: #3 this is why I switched from asking “have you tried XYZ?" to “What have you tried?” and getting them to say whether they've tried XYZ or not.
@dchooper91 Classic mansplaining, ugh
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(he/him) @dchooper91 Ughhhhhhh I'm sorry you have to deal with this shit :/