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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?



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Points: 16111 		Direct Link To This Post 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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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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There's women on here?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Points: 24439 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2009 at 18:02
Originally posted by Chris H Chris H wrote:

There's women on here?
 
KIDDING!


LOLLOLLOL

Seriously, though, it does still happen to me to be mistaken for a dude... You see, "Raff" is not particularly gender-specific, so I am not surprised people don't immediately recognise I am a ladyWink.

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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

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?



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I can't say I'm in favour of the idea myself - it could be like "moths to a lightbulb" Wink
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Good Lord! You just ruined my day and my night. Now, I'm feeling so depressed: no woman to share my taste for R.I.O., free jazz, zheul and other horrid musics...
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^ Confused There are at least two regular female posters on the forum who fit that description so there must be plenty more out there somewhere.
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I'm not one of theseLOL....
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That is true Smile
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

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I'm really a woman.  Shocked
 
We all knew it since the beginning. TongueWink
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I don't know why, but it reminds me of the final scene of Some Like It Hot - only with genders reversedLOL...
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...yeah, who'd a thought Marylin was really a man. Shocked
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Points: 32588 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2009 at 19:33
Originally posted by Atkingani Atkingani wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

I have a confession to make...

I'm really a woman.  Shocked
 
We all knew it since the beginning. TongueWink


I'm sorry I had to turn down all your advances.  Wink
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Points: 66825 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2009 at 20:43
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

I can't say I'm in favour of the idea myself - it could be like "moths to a lightbulb" Wink
 
That thought crossed my mind and that was the "bad idea" part of my idea.  It just seems that 3 or 4 times in the last month we have had a lady in our presence mistaken for a dude, and that just seems ungentlemanly of us. 
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2009 at 20:50
^ I agree - but if any one's going to post a gender-specific remark they really ought to do their homework and at least check the profile first. However, the gender tag is optional in the profile.

Edited by Dean - January 16 2009 at 20:51
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Points: 9189 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2009 at 21:12
if we do that we should add gender orientation and sexual orientation too.
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