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I'm constantly surprised by the varying ways in which people react to me. Yesterday, as my advisor was sending me off to do my exit interview with the department head, she told me "Your opinion is especially important. We don't have a lot of women in the department." This is one area where I'm still really unsure what people think. Which gender do I get to contribute opinions on behalf of? Or rather, which side will other people take my opinions to be a part of? In one of my classes, the professor commonly asks guys versus girls opinions on matters, and I'm never sure which side I'm "allowed" to speak for. I've mostly just stayed quiet, not answering for EITHER side. I don't know that I'll be taken seriously on the women's side, but I REALLY don't feel like a part of the men's side. Should I not be worrying about this? Am I just over analyzing a non point?