Why do people mistake me for a man online?

  • Thread starter GreatEscapist
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In summary: I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it, but when I first joined PF, I was told by a few people that I must be a guy because my user name was gender-neutral. I don't know if that has anything to do with it, but it's something to think about.I assumed GE knew this, so I assumed s/he is complaining about a phenomenon above and beyond mere default gender assignation.I've had so many sex-change operations I can't remember what I started out as.Can we get some proof? Like at least 5 pics.One thing to keep in mind: in proper English, when you don

Did you think I was a man?

  • Yes

    Votes: 13 65.0%

  • No

    Votes: 7 35.0%
  • Total voters
    20
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  • #36
Is there a Turing-test equivalent for gender?
 
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  • #37
First rule of the internet: "Male until proven female."
 
  • #38
EnumaElish said:
Is there a Turing-test equivalent for gender?

A pelvic exam? :biggrin:
 
  • #39
Geigerclick said:
A pelvic exam? :biggrin:
Good. I meant remote, just like http://testing.turinghub.com/ .
 
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  • #40
EnumaElish said:
Good. I meant remote, just like http://testing.turinghub.com/ .

A pelvic exam with a webcam? :)

That, or you ask everyone why they leave the turtle to die on its back...
 
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  • #41
Geigerclick said:
That, or you ask everyone why they leave the turtle to die on its back...
"My significant other trained me for it."
 
  • #42
EnumaElish said:
"My significant other trained me for it."

You're good!
 
  • #43
Geigerclick said:
You're good!
"Thanks, you are a nice person, unless you are a computer."
 
  • #44
my username can be a male or a female..in my place it is given name for both genders.
 
  • #45
GreatEscapist said:
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=406192"

Well, did you? I'M NOT.

Why is it that people on the Net think I am a guy? In real life, I get teased for being not too feminine, but no matter WHAT site, everything thinks I'm a guy. And they're so SURE of it, too.

*sighs*

I thought you were a guy. But it was more of a default assumption, since I didn't read too many of your posts. Usually it's a good assumption, because there aren't that many girls in physics. In my department, there is one American girl inthe last three years of graduate classes combined.

People often (mistakenly!) assume I'm a girl simply because my user name ends in an a. Serves me right for using the same user name that an old ISP randomly assigned me back in the day.
 
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  • #46
Rajini said:
my username can be a male or a female..in my place it is given name for both genders.
Do you see a tortoise when you look down?
 
  • #47
EnumaElish said:
Do you see a tortoise when you look down?
why you ask ?
 
  • #49
EnumaElish said:
It's a part of the test.

Ohh..i think i have to go out of this thread..!
have fun.
 
  • #50
Rajini said:
Ohh..i think i have to go out of this thread..!
have fun.
See my edit above (the link about the turtle). It's a variation on a Blade Runner theme -- a robot is questioned about a turtle, to verify that he (it?) is a robot, not a human.
 
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  • #51
"Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you."
 
  • #52
luma said:
Attention seeker.

We don't care.

I care. :D
And I was just curious. Sheesh.

And, it is kinda sad that not more females are in physics. I think it's (to be sexist) the math that turns them off, because physics is rather interesting.
 
  • #53
GreatEscapist said:
I care. :D
And I was just curious. Sheesh.

And, it is kinda sad that not more females are in physics. I think it's (to be sexist) the math that turns them off, because physics is rather interesting.

Male physicists the world around heartily agree. :)
 
  • #54
Ya but if more women join the ranks the only thing that's going to get done is ...well you know...
 
  • #55
GreatEscapist said:
Why is it that people on the Net think I am a guy? In real life, I get teased for being not too feminine, but no matter WHAT site, everything thinks I'm a guy. And they're so SURE of it, too.

*sighs*

Well I think of a woman more like a naturally "GreatEntrapist". The "GreatEscapist" is that rare man who manages to get away. :smile:
 
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  • #56
GreatEscapist said:
I care. :D
And I was just curious. Sheesh.

And, it is kinda sad that not more females are in physics. I think it's (to be sexist) the math that turns them off, because physics is rather interesting.

Actually a female friend of mine (also a physicist) also says that there are no women in physics because girls are bad at math. Don't shoot the messenger, but I suppose this might explain why there are so many women in biology and cemistry, but none in physics.
 
  • #57
arunma said:
Actually a female friend of mine (also a physicist) also says that there are no women in physics because girls are bad at math. Don't shoot the messenger, but I suppose this might explain why there are so many women in biology and cemistry, but none in physics.

Well, I guess it's kind of true. But there's always exceptions.
 
  • #58
Women are too smart to do math imo.
 
  • #59
Evo said:
When I first joined, people thought I was male. What is funny is that there is a male member that men think is female and he gets hit on a lot by men when he posts. :-p
magpies said:
Geez I didn't realize this was a date site :(
That doesn't matter, people who are openly female will get hit on at any internet site. Once I posed as female in an internet chat room, and was surprised that I was getting all kinds of "private messages", including a request for my phone number. Yeah, right, dream on fellah.

And for some reason, having the avatar of a male woodpecker isn't enough of a clue to some people. :confused: C'mon people, female red-bellied woodpeckers are only red on the back half of their heads. Sheeeesh.
 
  • #60
Wait a second...the title of this thread is, "Do you think I am a man?" but the poll question is "Did you think I was a man?"

What about those who didn't but now do? Or will in the future?
 
  • #61
I used to play an online game called Monarchy and a similar game called Utopia. My kingdom kept getting attacked, so I decided to make a female kingdom, because I thought people wouldn't attack me if I was a girl. After I made that kingdom, I think I got attacked more.
 
  • #62
Still waiting for proof also lisab and any other female poster here should give some too. Any pic of you around the age of 18 will do :)
 
  • #64
Redbelly98 said:
And for some reason, having the avatar of a male woodpecker isn't enough of a clue to some people. :confused: C'mon people, female red-bellied woodpeckers are only red on the back half of their heads. Sheeeesh.

So now he just gets hit on by non-nerds.
 
  • #65
Ok so I had a thought... What do you think is the name/pic you need to use to get women to e-spam you?

My guess is a picture of money and a name with Pimpdaddy in it.
 
  • #66
magpies said:
Still waiting for proof also lisab and any other female poster here should give some too. Any pic of you around the age of 18 will do :)

My daughter just turned 18 a few days ago :-p.
 
  • #67
There are no girls on the internett.
 
  • #68
Asking for 18 yrs old sounds like so pedophile ..
 
  • #69
Does it? Does it really? *looks around* What?
 
  • #70
magpies said:
Women are too smart to do math imo.

Bingo. You must be very, very wise. :-p
lisab said:
Wait a second...the title of this thread is, "Do you think I am a man?" but the poll question is "Did you think I was a man?"

What about those who didn't but now do? Or will in the future?

Oh, oh well. They don't matter. :-p This was a poll for this week. I'm sure I will continue to be a man on the Net until I'm dead.
 

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