# Cecil is female. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 10, 1999, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-female/2042 "1999-07-10T19:32:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 1999, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-female/2042/1 "1999-07-10T19:32:00Z")
Okay, So I know that Cecil likes to remain anonymous, but my curiosity is hard to put down. Just reading a few of Cecil’s things leads me to suspect Cecil is a she. (Referring to God as a female, Complaining about “slaving” over a pot of spaghetti–most men I know who cook LOVE it and don’t think they are “slaving”) So the question here is has anyone else noticed this? and do they have more evidence to add that could support my assertion. As always, I hope not to piss anyone off. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 1999, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-female/2042/2 "1999-07-10T22:53:00Z")
Since Cecil claims to have a Mrs. Cecil, I’m going to have to go with the guy theory. * * * “I guess it is possible for one person to make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.” ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 1999, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-female/2042/3 "1999-07-10T23:13:00Z")
Ridiculous … Cecil is all man. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 1999, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-female/2042/4 "1999-07-10T23:20:00Z")
Cecil is really Marylin Vos Savant. The Monty Hall arguments were just a ruse. * * * The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is right now. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 1999, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-female/2042/5 "1999-07-10T23:37:00Z")
Cecil’s youth and school days experience, occasionally brought up, points to a male. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 1999, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-female/2042/6 "1999-07-11T00:33:00Z")
Well, he thinks he knows everything, so that’s a pretty good argument for femaleness. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 1999, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-female/2042/7 "1999-07-11T00:37:00Z")
No, that’s a good argument for him being male. Men _think_ they know everything. Women just plain know everything. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 1999, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-female/2042/8 "1999-07-11T01:04:00Z")
Take you pick. Being anonomous gives others the right to assume thet see fit. Peace, mangeorge * * * Work like you don’t need the money… Love like you’ve never been hurt… Dance like nobody’s watching! …Unknown ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 1999, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-female/2042/9 "1999-07-11T07:48:00Z")
Boy, I’ll bet Mrs. Adams will really be surprised to find this out. * * * Ranger Jeff The Idol of American Youth Server’s poor response Not quick enough for browser. Timed out, plum blossom. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 1999, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-female/2042/10 "1999-07-11T13:05:00Z")
Actually, there is enough material in the columns to write a mini biography of Cecil. Went to catholic school, worked at several odd jobs (summer jobs?). If you read all the books once more with this task in mind, you can collect the bits. Who wants the job? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 1999, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-female/2042/11 "1999-07-11T15:53:00Z")
Writing a biography on Cecil would be as writing of the wind; we see the shimmering movement of silvery Aspen, we feel the hot sirocco blast on summer days and we fear the wrath of the hurricane and tornado - yet he also lies quiescent in your dooryard watching, waiting. We see him not, yet he is ready to heat your house or cool your tea in the dappled shade under the apple trees. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 1999, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-female/2042/12 "1999-07-11T16:01:00Z")
When answering a [question about the g-spot](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_069.html), said > [@](#): > > Cecil, for his part, has been experimenting in this vital area with several persons interested in scientific progress, and he must report that there does seem to be an unusually sensitive spot on the front wall of the vagina that swells up when manipulated. I can also assure you that female ejaculation is no myth, although the ejaculate bears a marked resemblance to, well, pee. Does that sound like an observer or a participant? You be the judge. Your Quadell ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 1999, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-female/2042/13 "1999-07-12T03:57:00Z")
Cecil is Shiva. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 1999, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-female/2042/14 "1999-07-12T14:45:00Z")
William Poundstone thinks that Cecil is Ed Zotti. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 1999, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-female/2042/15 "1999-07-12T15:07:00Z")
Oh, for cry-eye, people, bone up on the FAQs. [http://www.ipass.net/~whitetho/edcecil.htm](http://www.ipass.net/~whitetho/edcecil.htm) To wit: “The individuals making this assertion (Cecil = Ed Zotti) are beneath contempt.” ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 1999, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-female/2042/16 "1999-07-19T22:34:00Z")
So why shouldn’t Cecilia have a wife? This is the 90’s, girlfriend.