Woman Types Out Email, Then Retypes in Style of Man Making ’30x My Pay’

The way we write emails is usually quite individual, but rather than sticking to her own style, one woman decided to re-word her emails according to how she thinks a man would write them.

As a law clerk, Myra Sran, 26, sends out countless emails every day, and she usually spends time thinking about the perfect way of wording them to appear polite while also getting to the point. However, the same can’t be said for everyone she works with, as she told Newsweek, saying that many of her male colleagues “email like they’re texting,” much to her frustration.

Sran, from the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, decided to put her theory to the test by writing out an email in her usual way, and then editing it to make it sound “like a man who makes 30x my pay” instead. She removed all the pleasantries from her message to get straight into it, making her email seem very curt and direct.

“I was emailing back and forth with a lawyer who sends emails like a man, and I just found it funny that when his clerk typed emails on his behalf the difference was so astonishing,” she said.

“Then it hit me how differently both genders write emails. If I respond with the same energy that they’re sending emails with, I’d get called out for being rude.”

Sran was so struck by this apparent difference that she shared her thoughts with her close friends, who “all agreed” with her notion. After that, she felt compelled to post a video about it on TikTok (@lilmritzy). The video showed her removing any extra words from her email before she was ready to send it.

Her theory has certainly divided opinion online, and the clip has already been viewed over 2.6 million times and gained more than 171,300 likes on TikTok. The idea rang true for a lot of people, while others said they see nothing wrong with a more straightforward email style when it comes to work emails.

After going viral, Sran told Newsweek: “The discussions in the comments took me by surprise because it seems like the TikTok video started a controversy debate between both genders. The comments are mostly women agreeing they can’t speak in the same manner, and a lot of men confirming that they talk much less.”

Although she chose to copy the writing style of some of her male co-workers for the purpose of the video, Sran definitely isn’t going to make a habit out of it. “I may ask a stern question, but a please and thank you never hurt anyone,” she added.

Since the TikTok video captured so much attention, many social media users were quick to comment on the post and it’s already gained over 1,300 comments so far. One person responded: “Who needs the fluffy filler words, right.”

Another TikToker responded: “More succinct the better. No time for unnecessary words.”

While another person joked: “Except everything is in the subject line.”

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