[heidizone] What happened was ...

So I got this email reply from a client in response to a question I had sent. It had been forwarded through several people first, all male. It was a technical question to technical people seeking a technical answer. And early on in the chain, my message was prefaced by one sender by asking the recipient if he could help "this girl Heidi." Not "this woman" or "this person" or "Heidi." Now, I'm not usually a super sensitive warrior woman, but if I were male, there's no way the e-mailer would have referred to me as "this boy." *Maybe* I would have been "this guy," but most likely he would have referred to me by name. It doesn't seem like too much to ask.