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[SemperEadem]

"I said that it was a small part of my job (about 15 minutes out of a 9+hour work day) and that it is not inconvient for them to occaionally help me."

It not being inconventient for them or it being 15 minutes out of a 9+ hour work day is beside the issue. The issue is that you told the interviewer that you could handle the lifting requirements for the job.

I worked for a parcel delivery service and I had to be able to lift 70lb boxes in and out of my van. I would be out on my delivery route by myself and had no one to help me with lifting. I certainly couldn't call back to the warehouse and ask that they send a guy to help me lift the heavy boxes. When the van I drove (full of boxes) had a flat tire, I had to change the flat, by myself in the pouring rain and make my deliveries on time. If I did not do that, I would have been in serious trouble.

I would say to start building upper body strength if you have no disability to prevent you from doing that, that way, he has nothing to say to you and you can do what your job description requires without anyone's assistance. With companies downsizing and combining job duties, I doubt that they are going to pay for two people to do the job they can get one person to do. It has nothing to do with being sexist as it has to do with their bottom line and profit margins. They're not going to have two people doing one job. Those days are over.