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boxyhendrix on Aug 12, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: 2014 Fields Medals announced

Thank you for pointing that out. I hadn't actually noticed after glancing at the pictures that a woman was among the winners.

EDIT - I'm not trying to be funny, her hairstyle makes her look like she has a receding hairline so I thought she was a man.

boxyhendrix on Aug 12, 2014 [–]

Wow! I seem to have touched a nerve.

Dewie on Aug 12, 2014 | [–]

Remarking that a woman looks like a man (or vice versa) is often seen as insulting, even if the intent is not to insult.

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