Is it normal to be offended by being told your "good for a woman"?

Earlier today at the gym a girl was using a rack that I wanted so I did the usual thing and walked over to ask her how long she would be. Upon getting closer I noticed she had an incredibly impressive weight on the bar for deadlifts.

So here was the converstaion exactly that I had with her :

Me "excuse me.... how long till your done with this rack?"

Her "just one set left, so maybe 5 mins"

Me "cool, I'll wait... Finish training your strong ass deadlift"

Her "huh... its only 355 lots of people here can deadlift that."

Me "but for a girl??? Are you kidding me? I have only seen maybe one female deadlift this much weight in person in my life and I've been working out for 6 years"

Her "oh fuck off. I don't do excuses" *puts her headphones back in and turns away.

Was I being a dick or is it hit my fault she got salty?

Is It Normal?
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  • Gotta take the other side of this one. Common or not, it seems demeaning to say "you're good, for a…" It implies an assumption about a class of people rather than saying anything about the individual person, and there's no need to qualify...she's either good or she's not. Why even mention a qualifier? Why not just be encouraging instead?

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  • I agree. BITCH!!

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  • What a bitch.

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