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Originally Posted by listening
After this, one guy followed me all over 2+2, wherever I posted, and if anyone referred to me as "he" would drop in a post too say I was a "middle-aged female." Especially if it seemed there was danger of other posters having respect for something I said.
Wow, that seems really sad by that guy. Like, get a life, man.
But it's not the norm, in the LHE forums they have always been extremely respectful and kind to me. Sure, they get a bit rowdy in their respective NC/LC threads, but that is to be expected from 95% young male posters, it's fine in my book.
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Recently, I started posting on a religious forum. I have not announced my gender. Why would I? But my feel is, if you could post a poll and get honest answers here, guys will think there is something sneaky about a women posting who does not identify herself as such.
I agree with you completely. On subjects of gender-neutral debate, it shouldn't matter if the person sitting behind the computer has a penis or not.
Again, I have not encountered that attitude that it would be sneaky on the forums, but then I don't know, because bellatrix can't be really mistaken for a guy's name. Well, scratch that, I got some comments on my PTR page which were immediately corrected by others that it was a woman playing the account, heh.
Anyway, really sorry you have found yourself in that situation. I don't know, I've always felt more comfortable "with the guys". In high school I was the only girl among 10 in programming class (and my programs where much more efficient than theirs, heh), I was the only girl at math olympiad, MtG competitions, physics class, Gran Tourismo tourneys, etc. etc. BUT I made the clear distinction that I didn't let my gender define me. It should be my play, intelligence, etc. what I was known for, not for being "the girl" in those fields. I always hoped that would be the same on 2p2 and so far I haven't been disappointed, fortunately.