Being Called A "Lady"

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I've been called a 'mr.' since I got my hair cut short.

I've never been called Lady that I can remember, but I have been called "girlie" and I hate hate hated it. :/ It was weird. It was online and my avatar was a female character of mine, but it really made me frown for some reason.

"Girlie" is usually at least condescending.

I wonder if it's that way in Scotland.

"Lady" tends to be said condescendingly where I live. I'm not fond of it.

I'm also not fond of being called "sweetie" unless I know the person well, "female," etc.

I am fine with "Hon" and "Love," however. A lot of people at work call me Love.

I don’t think the term “lady” really means anything other than “female.” I try not to read into it.

Lady, duck, love, girl are all fine with me but then they are all commonly used around here in reference to all the other females as well. Lady tends to be used in referring to someone not known and particularly when talking to children 'like did you thank the lady' say when served in a shop. I'd much rather be referred to this way than as a shop assistant as it's the most respectful. I get called young lady by all the elderly (more than half the population round here) male customers and I think it's nice but then they are being nice to me.

If someone always used a title, whatever it was, and said it in a patronising way then I would find it patronising.

Duck by the way is unisex.

I have had that, I think it was most because of the way I was dressed (work overalls) and my hair was short at the time too.