Treated Like A Woman

I've already listed ways that I'm treated differently at school because I'm a man, both negatively and to my benefit.  Despite these differences, I must admit that the longer I work with all of these women, the more I'm treated as, well, a woman.  For instance, how many men do you know that have been to a baby shower (apart from maybe one for their own child)?  I've been to two in the last year.  I'm asked for honest opinions about weight, hair, and clothing.  I'm included in the gossip that goes on throughout our school, and I'm quite sure I'm gossiped about as well.  I started noticing these things a couple of years ago, but it wasn't until this school year that I knew I was truly "one of the girls".  A coworker was walking past me in the hall, and moving pretty quickly.  She did not have her kids with her, and seemed to be in a hurry, so I asked her if everything was okay.  Without slowing down, or even saying a word, she simply held up a tampon in front of my face before hurrying down the hall into the girls' bathroom.