# Dopers whose genders you assumed incorrectly **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478 "2004-03-26T01:33:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/1 "2004-03-26T01:33:28Z")
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) ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/2 "2004-03-26T01:42:12Z")
Before she made it known, I assumed **EddyTeddyFreddy** was a guy. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/3 "2004-03-26T01:44:25Z")
I am probably on this list. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/4 "2004-03-26T01:48:05Z")
Oh yes, I forgot I misjudged your gender **NurseCarmen**. Also I was taken a back by **Bambi Hassenpfeffer’s** gender. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/5 "2004-03-26T01:54:55Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > **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. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/6 "2004-03-26T01:57:55Z")
I’ve had several people guess wrong on my gender. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![presidebt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@presidebt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/presidebt)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/7 "2004-03-26T02:00:37Z")
Same here, twickster. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/8 "2004-03-26T02:01:24Z")
> [@Really Not All That Bright](#): > > Shodan is a girl?!?!? _Shodan is a girl???_ ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/9 "2004-03-26T02:13:43Z")
**Shodan** is _not_ a girl. I am, of course, a guy. Intelligent and good looking to boot!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/10 "2004-03-26T02:21:44Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > **Shodan** is _not_ a girl. 😕 Oh, okay. Startled me for a second. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/11 "2004-03-26T02:21:59Z")
**Shodan** isn’t a guy? Can we have more confirmation of this? I was fairly sure s/he was male! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/12 "2004-03-26T02:39:10Z")
> [@Lissla Lissar](#): > > **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… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/13 "2004-03-26T02:39:59Z")
Actually, I _did_ think **Gaudere** was a man! ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/14 "2004-03-26T02:40:12Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/15 "2004-03-26T02:46:40Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > Anyway, I was surprised to find out Shirley was female. [hijack] 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. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/16 "2004-03-26T02:53:42Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > 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! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/17 "2004-03-26T02:55:44Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > I am probably on this list. Well… you are a _handsome_ woman! ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/18 "2004-03-26T03:09:04Z")
And it would be easier to tell if you stopped wearing that uniform and cap…but you do have nice legs for it. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/19 "2004-03-26T03:11:03Z")
I think I assume most posters are male unless their name is very feminine. I’m wrong a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478/20 "2004-03-26T03:17:28Z")
[Hugh Grant] Ack- shoo-ly [/Hg} 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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whose-genders-you-assumed-incorrectly/236478.md?page=2)