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rushfan4

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Posted: January 16 2009 at 16:50

That is part of it but, she'll probably have to spend 50 posts correcting us neanderthals that she is not a dude. And even the best known women on the site still get mistaken for dudes by new members.

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Posted: January 16 2009 at 16:31

Personally I think it's enough of a sausage fest around here that when a woman walks in we'll notice. Of course - I just screwed this up in another thread which probably gave you the idea, but they'll usually correct you pretty fast

. I think it would be simply depressing to look down a long thread to see "male-male-male-male-male-male-male", but I'm just mostly indifferent.

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Posted: January 16 2009 at 16:27

I'm not sure if this would be a good thing or bad thing but I was thinking that in the forums that it might be a good idea to include the users gender under their avatar. I realize that this information is available by looking at the member's profile but that isn't as readily available. Most of the time I think most of us assume that we are talking to a dude, but when the dude turns out to be a dudette it's not cool when you were previously addressing them as a dude. So my proposal is to add male or female under the user's avatar, or more creatively dude or dudette; or progger or proggerette? Any thoughts on this?

Edited by rushfan4 - January 16 2009 at 16:28

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rushfan4 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 66802	Posted: January 16 2009 at 16:50
	That is part of it but, she'll probably have to spend 50 posts correcting us neanderthals that she is not a dude. And even the best known women on the site still get mistaken for dudes by new members.


Queen By-Tor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 13 2006 Location: Xanadu Status: Offline Points: 16111	Posted: January 16 2009 at 16:31
	Personally I think it's enough of a sausage fest around here that when a woman walks in we'll notice. Of course - I just screwed this up in another thread which probably gave you the idea, but they'll usually correct you pretty fast . I think it would be simply depressing to look down a long thread to see "male-male-male-male-male-male-male", but I'm just mostly indifferent.

rushfan4 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 66802	Posted: January 16 2009 at 16:27
	I'm not sure if this would be a good thing or bad thing but I was thinking that in the forums that it might be a good idea to include the users gender under their avatar. I realize that this information is available by looking at the member's profile but that isn't as readily available. Most of the time I think most of us assume that we are talking to a dude, but when the dude turns out to be a dudette it's not cool when you were previously addressing them as a dude. So my proposal is to add male or female under the user's avatar, or more creatively dude or dudette; or progger or proggerette? Any thoughts on this? Edited by rushfan4 - January 16 2009 at 16:28