Dopers whose genders you assumed incorrectly

[MaxTheVool]

Have any of you ever incorrectly assumed the gender of a doper for some reason? Or for no reason at all? C'mon, fess up? And who was it?

For me (and there's a good chance that I'm still wrong about one or more of these folks... if so, please correct me):

Shodan, SnoopyFan, and Gaudere are all female. I assumed they were male

Mangetout is male. I assumed he was female. (Ilsa Lund definitely sounds female, but is crafty enough to mention in his sig that he's male)

[misstee]

Before she made it known, I assumed EddyTeddyFreddy was a guy.

[NurseCarmen]

I am probably on this list.

[misstee]

Oh yes, I forgot I misjudged your gender NurseCarmen.


Also I was taken a back by Bambi Hassenpfeffer's gender.

[Really Not All That Bright]

Shodan, SnoopyFan, and Gaudere are all female. I assumed they were male
Shodan is a girl?!?!?

A lot of people express confusion over my user name, or at least a lot of people have referred to me as him/her.

I'm a dude.

[twickster]

I've had several people guess wrong on my gender. ;)

[presidebt]

Same here, twickster. :D

[Eats_Crayons]

Shodan is a girl?!?!?

Shodan is a girl???

[Ilsa_Lund]

Shodan is not a girl.


I am, of course, a guy. Intelligent and good looking to boot!:D

[Eats_Crayons]

Shodan is not a girl.

:confused: Oh, okay. Startled me for a second.

[Lissla Lissar]

Shodan isn't a guy? Can we have more confirmation of this? I was fairly sure s/he was male!

[Really Not All That Bright]

Shodan isn't a guy? Can we have more confirmation of this? I was fairly sure s/he was male!
Alright, Shodan, time to come clean about that operation... ;)

[Lizard]

Actually, I did think Gaudere was a man!

[jackelope]

I have no idea why this is, but the name Shirley Ujest always struck me as masculine. I know, I know, it's got "Shirley" in it, but for some reason I always pictured a man; possibly because of the "Yes, and don't call me Shirley" jokes from Airplane!.

Anyway, I was surprised to find out Shirley was female.

[VunderBob]

Anyway, I was surprised to find out Shirley was female.


I've always assumed that Shirley was female. However, I also assumed that her name really was Shirley, mostly because I my name really is Bob.

[astro]

I've had several people guess wrong on my gender. ;)

I know! I always thought you were a girl until another Doper set me straight!

[astro]

I am probably on this list.

Well... you are a handsome woman!

[Dangerosa]

And it would be easier to tell if you stopped wearing that uniform and cap....but you do have nice legs for it.

[Gr8Kat]

I think I assume most posters are male unless their name is very feminine. I'm wrong a lot.

[Shirley Ujest]

[Hugh Grant]

Ack- shoo-ly

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Shirley is also a man's first name. A man named Shirley (http://www.blackpagescanada.com/services/shirley_book.asp)


But I am most assuredly a female type.

[Flander]

I don't post enough for people to talk about me, so I'm quite positive no one has guess at all, let alone incorrectly.


I'm a guy.

[Eats_Crayons]

But I am most assuredly a female type.

Really? I always thought you were a guy...

And that you looked exactly like the pilot from Airplane. "Don't call me Shirley."

[FatBaldGuy]

AFAIK, no one has expressed any confusion about my user name.

[Berkut]

People always assume I'm a guy.

[Really Not All That Bright]

AFAIK, no one has expressed any confusion about my user name.
Actually, I was thinking the other day that you would have the funniest user name in the world if you were a girl.

A skinny girl. With a full head of hair.

That would be great.

[emekthian]

I thought Scylla was a woman.

Does anyone think emekthian sounds female? Just curious.

[Mercury]

I thought Shodan, Gaudere, EddyTeddyFreddy and ShirleyUjest were all male.

I thought NurseCarmen was a woman.

Dopers still guess my gender incorrectly.

[Eats_Crayons]

I thought Shodan, Gaudere, EddyTeddyFreddy and ShirleyUjest were all male.

Darn it! Is Shodan male, yes or no? This thread is confusing me!!!

My world is turning upside down!

[Starving Artist]

I originally thought EddyTeddyFreddy were three male roommates sharing a computer and an SDMB account. ;)

[dantheman]

People always assume I'm a guy.

Yeah, me too. What's up with that?

[RotorHead]

Put me in with Starving Artist, Mercury and misstee as having mistaken EddyTeddyFreddy.

Plenty of others, but Eddy is the only one I know of so far whose gender I mis-stated on the board.

[sunfish]

Shodan is definitely male.

[Mehitabel]

I pulled the Nurse Carmen boner once, and was mortified.

What?

As for me, fortunately I have a line for such situtations, right from Don Marquis himself. I can always recite:

i am a lady archy always a lady

because for some reason there are people who walk the earth not knowing about a female alley cat character created in 1916 by a poet/columnist who's been dead for over fifty years for a newspaper (The NY Sun) that's been gone for forty. Un-freakin'-believable.

BTW, EddyTeddyFreddy explained once that she got her username from her three cats. Go kittycats!

[misstee]

What is Broomstick's gender?

[sunfish]

Broomstick is female.

[elfkin477]

I've always assumed that Shirley was female. However, I also assumed that her name really was Shirley, mostly because I my name really is Bob.



Heh. I always pegged Shirley for a woman. Mostly because until a thread here (about a year after I began posting) that catogorized people's user names- and hers ended up in the pun catogory- I didn't get the joke. I suppose Ujest would be an odd last name... Oh well, at least I didn't think she was a guy, right? :)

[chique]

chique is definitely male.

[Really Not All That Bright]

chique is definitely male.
I said that out loud to myself just now.

"Chick is a male."

My roommate poked his head in and gave me the oddest look.

[FreeRange Maniac]

I've had a lot of people mistake my gender also. :)

[misstee]

chique is definitely male.



I never would have guessed that.

[Ice Wolf]

I still get the gender confusion now and then about me. I don't really mind, though. It's more fun than not.

[Doomtrain]

I pulled the Nurse Carmen boner once, and was mortified.

I'd imagine it was he that was mortified, in that situation.

[Lamia]

I think I assume most posters are male unless their name is very feminine. I'm wrong a lot.

Heck, even with a very feminine username (certainly much more feminine than my legal name) I still get called "he" around here. Why would anyone think that a poster with the name of a female monster from Greek mythology was a man? What man would choose such a name?

I mean, other than Scylla. ;)

[furt]

I was shocked to learn about furt.

[Bambi Hassenpfeffer]

chique is definitely male.
What!?

I don't post enough to have stated publicly my assumptions, but here are some that I made and had reversed:
NurseCarmen
Ilsa_Lund
Gaudere
chique, apparently
Mehitabel, at first
These days, unless I know 100%, I rewrite to use gender-neutral language, if I can. Saves embarrassment.

[Bambi Hassenpfeffer]

Oh, and FTR, I am a guy. A 25-year-old gay guy.

[Ogre]

I'd imagine it was he that was mortified, in that situation.
But I'd certainly have to say it's the definitive way to test for maleness. Kudos for going the extra mile.

[Tentacle Monster]

I never thought of Scylla as anything but male. Of course, that has a lot to do with the fact that a) the first thread I read of his was Goat Porn (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=33909&highlight=Goat+Porn) , and b) I'd recently read Marathon Man.

C'mon, someone say they thought I was female.

[Really Not All That Bright]

I was shocked to learn about furt.
Me too. All this time I had no idea you were gender-neutral.

[Dunderman]

Shodan's a girl?!?!?!?!?
Shirley's a girl?!?!?!?!?

Ilsa_Lund, obviously. I thought Gaudere was a guy. I also thought Zenster was a woman, and I was perfectly sure Hamadryad was a man, even though I know what a hamadryad is... time for that brain transplant, methinks.

[Dunderman]

C'mon, someone say they thought I was female.
I thought you were DreadCthulhu. It passed, though.

[furt]

Me too. All this time I had no idea you were gender-neutral.You have no idea what a pain it is in singles bars.

[Really Not All That Bright]

You have no idea what a pain it is in singles bars.
I would have thought it makes things easier: you can drink fruity stuff or a gin and tonic and nobody will question you...

[furt]

I would have thought it makes things easier: you can drink fruity stuff or a gin and tonic and nobody will question you.Oh sure. But they want to hit on you, and you have to explain ... and then you get the weird ones that say "That's okay, the air of mystery is what I like about you." Wankers. Ooooh, "mysterious." Is it so damn difficult to apply the principle of Schroedinger's cat to genitalia?

[VunderBob]

I pulled the Nurse Carmen boner once, and was mortified.


He must have enjoyed that. :D

[TheLoadedDog]

I'm actually a cat.


Hey, I just reminded myself. Whatever happened to Cougarfang?

[dantheman]

Shodan's a girl?!?!?!?!?
Shirley's a girl?!?!?!?!?

Ilsa_Lund, obviously. I thought Gaudere was a guy. I also thought Zenster was a woman, and I was perfectly sure Hamadryad was a man, even though I know what a hamadryad is... time for that brain transplant, methinks.

No, Shodan is a guy. There are people in this thread who are pulling your leg!

I didn't know about Bambi, but that's probably because I haven't read too many posts by him.

[Casey1505]

I am, of course, a guy. Intelligent and good looking to boot!:DLet's not forget that you're also very modest, your most endearing quality. ;)

[MaxTheVool]

OK, so Shodan is a guy, after all. Which is what I thought all along, which is why I was surprsied to "learn" that he was female. So what the heck convinced me that he was female? Theories?

[Dung Beetle]

I'm female, which comes as a surprise to other posters occasionally. My fault for picking an ambiguous name. Interestingly, I have come to notice that unless the poster has an obvious female name, I tend to picture them as a white male of about my own age. (thirties)

[Aldebaran]

There are message boards with an option to give info on your gender.
That can be useful because some people tend to react a bit "hostile" whenever you can't guess their gender correctly when you reply to their posts.

I was misled by the membername of Ilsa Lund and at first also for EddyTD (until I saw a picture with the horses... So also 3 cats ETD? We have more then one passion in common then).

For the rest I think that I'm guessing right in most cases.

Salaam. A

[World Eater]

I always thought TVeblen was a dude.

[twickster]

OK, so Shodan is a guy, after all. Which is what I thought all along, which is why I was surprsied to "learn" that he was female. So what the heck convinced me that he was female? Theories?

Perhaps you got this information from the same person who told astro I'm a guy... :confused:

[Lobelia Overhill]

I'm really an Elf ...

And I'm not blonde (as I stated somewhere else once)

[EddyTeddyFreddy]

I originally thought EddyTeddyFreddy were three male roommates sharing a computer and an SDMB account. ;) Now, that's a scary thought!

Eddy, Teddy and Freddy (http://community.webshots.com/photo/782975/784355) are indeed male, although the vet has, shall we say, forestalled their love life. The current cat total in the ETF household is eight: five orange tiger males, three black females. Hey, I'm all set for Hallowe'en.

I am female, and plan to continue being female, and single. Although it's true I'm often found hanging out with two handsome guys (http://community.webshots.com/photo/735286/128041607qXSSvk).

[Liberal]

I've gotten so many wrong, I don't know where to begin. I guess Gaudere was first. I thought Czarcasm (then Slythe) was a woman. I thought Tris was a female atheist. I don't know, the list goes on and on. I bat about .100 on that for some reason.

[Padmaraga]

I have a vague memory of someone here responding to me in a way that made it seem that they thought I was a male. I am not. An etymological study of my Member name, though difficult due to its obscurity, would make that apparent.

Whew - that was enough pedantry for one day.

[Sylkyn]

I said that out loud to myself just now.

"Chick is a male."

My roommate poked his head in and gave me the oddest look.
:eek: Color me astounded! I have been reading these forums for years, and always assumed chicque was female! Wow. (I also pronounce it "sheek", but am not even sure about he actually pronounces it...)

Of course, I always thought Muffin was female, as well as thinking Broomstick was male.

However, it's rare for me to automatically guess someone is a guy...my mind always turns everyone into females right off the bat, for some unknown reason. I always have little "Wow" moments whenever just about anybody reveals they're not a woman.

I'm weird. No need to explain that, though.

[dantheman]

I'm almost positive chique was being facetious.

[pravnik]

Everybody thinks I'm a guy. They think that because I tell them I'm a guy. I tell them that because I'm a guy.

[flamingbananas]

Before she made it known, I assumed EddyTeddyFreddy was a guy.

You mean EddyTeddyFreddy isn't a guy! Wow. That shocked me. I always thought of them as a pleasent old guy. *blushes* Sorry!

[Dragonblink]

Yeh, see, there's a reason I put the S-Mart announcement in my sig. :)

[NurseCarmen]

chique, I really have to lay off those coconut muffins at Dope lunches. They're packed with even more Hallucinogens than I thought.

[Dangerosa]

chique is definitely male.


chique is either pulling your leg or a transvestite, having met chique in person. She does, however, host the football themed Minnesota Dopefest - which immediately puts her feminity into question.

NurseCarmen does not even have the decency to pretend to be a woman when you meet him in person. BTW, I got that shock at a Dopelunch. This, ummmm, gentleman wearing a NurseCarmen nametag.

[monstro]

I thought pizzabrat was a girl. I also used to think that you with the face was a guy, until I discovered she's my sister.

[Northern Piper]

I don't post enough for people to talk about me, so I'm quite positive no one has guess at all, let alone incorrectly.


I'm a guy.I've always assumed you were a guy, first name "Ned".


:D

[astro]

Perhaps you got this information from the same person who told astro I'm a guy... :confused:

I was just teasing ... ;) You're the quintessence of femininity!

[NurseCarmen]

This, ummmm, gentleman wearing a NurseCarmen nametag.
Gentleman!?!?! Gentleman!?!?

[Call me Frank]

Chalk me up as another Ilsa and Carmen guy....although I learned their true genders some time ago...

ETF also came as a surprise...

The only doper whom I'm currently ambiguous about is Otto... I am leaning towards female for that one, but my memory could be mistaken.......it does that from time to time...

I don't think anyone's confused about my gender...

woohoo for gender=specific SN's

[Lamia]

The only doper whom I'm currently ambiguous about is Otto... I am leaning towards female for that one, but my memory could be mistaken.......it does that from time to time...[/SIZE]

Otto is a man. He doesn't look at all like Bus Driver Otto, though. I've never met him, but I saw his photo once on some Doper page or another and had to rework my mental image! ;)

[twickster]

I was just teasing ... ;) You're the quintessence of femininity!

Whooshed again... :(

[Ashkicker]

I am female. I don't know if anyone thinks that I am male though just by the name.

[Dangerosa]

ummmmm, gentleman and gentleman are not exactly the same descriptor, so don't be too insulted.

[Dangerosa]

But I suppose I could have said "big ole hunk of handsome testosterone filled manliness" and I'll strike gentleman and replace it with the above if you perfer.

[misstee]

Everybody thinks I'm a guy. They think that because I tell them I'm a guy. I tell them that because I'm a guy.




Are you sure?

[BiblioCat]

I thought Chastain86 was a girl. I made a comment in a Cafe Society thread about Survivor in which I said I agreed with "her" and he immediately corrected me. I was really embarrassed.
Something about the name 'Chastain' just made me think he was a girl.

[ivylass]

My user name is correct.

I am female.

Biblio, I think you're female. Am I right? (It won't change my admiration of your taste in tv shows, but I can get a better picture of you. :))

Baker is female.

[GingerOfTheNorth]

Chique is a GIRL. You naughty chique!

I'm a girl. I married a boy (weirddave). My neice is also a girl (Miss Magic8Ball). She added the MISS part because everyone thought she was a boy.

[Broomstick]

Of course, I always thought Muffin was female, as well as thinking Broomstick was male.
I get a lot of people thinking I'm male on message boards and e-mail lists, so if you made the same mistake don't feel bad, you have a lot of company. I think it's the flying hobby - not only do most folks assume "pilot" means male, most pilots are male. About 20:1 male:female in general aviation, about 200:1 in ultraights, which is where I started.

Fortunately for ya'll, I don't get upset about it - most of the time I think it's amusing.

I don't hide my gender, but I don't make a big deal about it unless it's pertinent to the topic under discussion - can't imagine the reactions of some of those readers thinking I'm male then finding some of my >cough< rather graphic posts under threads on mestruation or other very female topics.

Most Neo-Pagans guess female based on my username, but among non-Pagans it seems to be 50/50. And the nickname comes from my religion, not my aviation interests. (I've been accused of riding them, dontchya know...)

Sometimes I guess wrong about a poster's gender, but most of the time I just try to avoid the assumptions.

[Gorgon Heap]

I have heard there has been some confusion about my name from time to time because the mythical gorgon was supposed to be female.

I, however, am named after a male muppet, and as a long-time D&D player, see the gorgon as a animalistic monster instead of some girly thing. Or whatever.

And stuff.

[NurseCarmen]

But I suppose I could have said "big ole hunk of handsome testosterone filled manliness" and I'll strike gentleman and replace it with the above if you perfer.Well, I was thinking more along the lines of "smartass", but that'll do. That'll do.
:D

[gum]

originally posted byMonstroI also used to think that you with the face was a guy, until I discovered she's my sister.

Your sister? :eek:

I thought Ashkicker and Broomstick were male, alright.

[av8rmike]

Something about the name 'Chastain' just made me think he was a girl.
Maybe the mental association with Brandy Chastain (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/siforwomen/issue_three/dear_diary/brandi/), the soccer player.

I knew Broomstick was a female pilot, but I had always thought the name came from flying them. ;)

Otto is a gay guy, which may explain some of the confusion.

I wasn't too confused about NurseCarmen, having actually met a guy named Carmen in the past. And he was a dude you didn't want to mess with.

[nocturnal_tick]

Alright let's just get this all down:

Ashkicker - Female
Baker - Female
Opal - Female (I assume, Hi Opal!)
Bambi Hassenpfeffer - Male
Broomstick - Female
Burkut - Female
Chastain86 - Male
Chique - Female
Czarcasm - Male
Dung Beetle - Female
EddyTeddyFreddy - Female
Fat Bald Guy - Male
Flander - Male
Gaudere - Female
GingerOfTheNorth - Female
Gorgon Heap - Male
Ilsa_Lund - Male
Ivylass - Female
Lamia - Female
Lobelia Overhill - Female
Miss Magic8ball - Female
Muffin - Male
Nurse Carmen - Male
Otto - Male
Pizzabrat - Male
Pravnik - Male
Shirley Ujest - Female
Shodan - Male
Snoopyfan - Female
Tentacle Monster - Male
Tveblen - Female
Twickster - Female
Vunderbob - Male
Wierddave - Male
you with the face - Female

ETF I did not know, Broomstick I was right though, always imagined one of these cool new age mums.

[nocturnal_tick]

Oh, by the way can you guess what I am? :rolleyes:

Shouldn't be too hard if you've read my threads.

[LolaBaby]

I'm fairly sure mine is pretty clear. :cool:

[WaryEri]

I think I must have gotten pizzabrat and monstro mixed up, since they post together often...I though pizza was female and monstro male.

I did think Broomstick was male at first, but it was easy to shake that impression once I found out the truth. It took forever to get rid of my mental image of Scylla, though. I've always loved that name, and putting it on a male just didn't fit. I thought Siege was male at first, too.

I also had some confusion about Aldebaran for a while, since some one said he was a muslim woman. I started out thinking male, then corrected to female, then corrected again.

[look!ninjas]

I thought pizzabrat was a chick and Gaudere was a dude. And I'm surprised that I haven't been listed yet. I know I've had to correct people on my gender more than once.

[chique]

I'm almost positive chique was being facetious.I was just keeping up appearances (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=1152190&postcount=14)!

Damn kids, spoiling my image...

[Shodan]

Shoot, you guys had me confused for a while.

I checked. I'm a guy. Or else a female with the worst moustache problem you can imagine.


And a whooooooole lot of 'splaining to do to the Lovely and Talented Mrs.Shodan.

Regards,
The Manly and Masculine Rugged, Beer-drinking, Scratching, Farting,
Shodan

[Kat]

People invariably assume that I'm female. So I guess it's a lucky thing that I am.

[Seven]

I was female in a thread not long ago. I forget which thread and who thought that. It was a very confusing day for me ya know.

[Little Plastic Ninja]

I am a small piece of plastic, found in a gumball machine.

Besides, ninjas have no gender.

:D

I don't think anyone's ever mistaken me for my opposite gender -- not on here, at least. :)

And certainly never in person.

[BiblioCat]

Maybe the mental association with Brandy Chastain (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/siforwomen/issue_three/dear_diary/brandi/), the soccer player.

That must have beenthe reason.

And yes, I'm a girl.

[Really Not All That Bright]

Alright let's just get this all down:

Ashkicker - Female
Baker - Female
Opal - Female (I assume, Hi Opal!)
Bambi Hassenpfeffer - Male
Broomstick - Female
Burkut - Female
Chastain86 - Male
Chique - Female
Czarcasm - Male
Dung Beetle - Female
EddyTeddyFreddy - Female
Fat Bald Guy - Male
Flander - Male
Gaudere - Female
GingerOfTheNorth - Female
Gorgon Heap - Male
Ilsa_Lund - Male
Ivylass - Female
Lamia - Female
Lobelia Overhill - Female
Miss Magic8ball - Female
Muffin - Male
Nurse Carmen - Male
Otto - Male
Pizzabrat - Male
Pravnik - Male
Shirley Ujest - Female
Shodan - Male
Snoopyfan - Female
Tentacle Monster - Male
Tveblen - Female
Twickster - Female
Vunderbob - Male
Wierddave - Male
you with the face - Female

ETF I did not know, Broomstick I was right though, always imagined one of these cool new age mums.
You forgot me! :(

[nocturnal_tick]

See now you made me feel bad. Okay, how's this?

Really Not All That Bright is a DUDE!

[Q.E.D.]

I know I've had to correct people on my gender more than once.
I used to think you were a guy too, but your picture convinced me otherwise. ;)

[Bear_Nenno]

See now you made me feel bad. Okay, how's this?

Really Not All That Bright is a DUDE!
Yeah.... a dude who thought I was a hott chick.

[Clothahump]

Well, I guess I should post to this thread and let people try to guess my gender as well.

[Chimpy]

Only two that i have said something about in a post and looked stupid they were EddyTeddyFreddy in the "Happy Haiku Game" or the "Predict the next poster" thread and Sanguine Spider in "Make the previous poster a superhero" thread.

Sorry guys (or more to the point ladies)

[Really Not All That Bright]

Yeah.... a dude who thought I was a hott chick.
Look, man, it ain't my fault you aren't. This is the 21st century and there are many and varied ways you could have been a hot chick. Booty shorts, for one... I love those things/

[Really Not All That Bright]

Well, I guess I should post to this thread and let people try to guess my gender as well.
Are you kinda like a heffalump?

I'm gonna say you're a fella.

Oh, and thank you nocturnal_ :)

[t-keela]

I always assume that I'm talking to an attractive woman. At least until I find out different, unless it's otherwise apparent. I got busted for this awhile back when I said something about Pantellerite being female. <smack>
Hey, that's okay, if I'm wrong then no harm done.
Guess I still got them old dog instincts. ;)

Who me? Sitting in my boxers, scratching my beard, smoking a stogie and sippin tequila. What'dya think?




and Hell no, I'm not your grandma either.