Why is my Boss Competing with me?

[TeAmo_20]

I’m a woman and a Mechanic. I’m a lower level mechanic learning more complicated tasks other than lube and etc... I was hired as a Level C but there is a lower level than me.
My boss said he started at the lowest level. He always goes on and on to me about how much he knows about cars. He tries to do my work for me and don’t trust me with nothing so I started to tell him I know how to do an inspection or fix this already because this isn’t my first job. He gets really upset and as a mechanic trying to learn more complicated tasks I don’t want to be taught all over again how to do brakes...
so I’m using this loud machine and I can hear him yell so I can here “ I know how to do this from experience?”
Like dude who cares? go be a boss, if you wanted to be a tech you should’ve stayed one! He is always squinting his eyes and treating me suspiciously even though I’ve never given him a reason and the guy who is lower than me sometimes does the work I do but he doesn’t question him...

[Old_Golden]

I'm loathe to say this but it's probably bc you're a girl. With that guy the alternative is probably that he could be sexually-harrassing you so there's that positive at least. I suspect it's bc it's not often a girl to shows interest in cars so he's assuming things that aren't true about your knowledge/capabilities. I don't know what to tell you to get out from under this stigma other than to keep doing solid work and slowly try to change his mind. What's your favorite brand/manufacturer to work on?

[TeAmo_20]

All of them

[Old_Golden]

Oh come on, some are way easier to work on than others. The older Germans give you lots of space to work with. The older Japanese cars are cramped. Rotary engines are @!÷×+!@#$ to work on. Surely you have a preference.

[TeAmo_20]

I guess Honda they’re easy

[Water_colour]

Jealousy.

[TeAmo_20]

I never gave him a reason to be jealous. I do get a little irritated when he gets involved w my work or tries to throw in his two cents but yeah... Maybe I’ma girl version of who he wants to be lol