# Okay, I think it's time for another gender clarification thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136 "2005-10-27T06:57:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/21 "2005-10-27T12:38:43Z")
Dude. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/22 "2005-10-27T12:41:11Z")
Male. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/23 "2005-10-27T12:48:34Z")
Of the male persuasion, although I was never persuaded. Just started out that way and it kept. Don’t recall being taken for female but twice. Once was by one of those in-and-out types who was way more interested in exposing every passing thought she had than in learning anything about others. Kept referring to me as Zelda even after I made a point of telling her that it was ZeldaR. The other confusion stemmed from another Doper thinking my handle came from a similar place as hers: a fusion of family names. Not the case. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/24 "2005-10-27T12:53:56Z")
Guy. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/25 "2005-10-27T13:01:32Z")
I’m with **picunurse**. Just watch how yas talks to a lady, see? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wolfgrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfgrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/26 "2005-10-27T13:47:33Z")
Not that I think my username has ever caused any confusion, but definitely female. My real name, on the other hand, causes people who only know the name to assume I’m male, even though the spelling is different, and apart from my close friends even people who actually know me almost always use the male spelling. And because it’s not as common for a woman as for a man, when I first introduce myself a lot of people have a tendency to turn it into any of a number of other similar sounding (or sometimes not) names. There’s been so many times that I’ve ordered takeout and couldn’t pick up my food when I got there because the order was under the wrong name, I now use aliases on the phone. I should probably just change my name legally to Wolfgrrl, and pretend my parents were celebrities. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/27 "2005-10-27T13:54:26Z")
My screenname is explicitly female. No worries there. It’s my _face_ that causes the gender identification problems. \<_sigh_\> Sucks to be me IRL. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/28 "2005-10-27T13:56:53Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > So many people figured my screen name must be Spanish, and so few have read _Out of the Silent Planet_, that I was obliged to stick a little something in the “Location” field. 🙂 Oh, right, I did read that book, years and years ago. I didn’t like it much, so forget that’s what it’s from. Riiiiight. I’m female, but with the ‘a’ on the end of my name, I don’t think anyone has ever mistaken it. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/29 "2005-10-27T14:04:21Z")
Manly man. Not a nurse. Not a Carmen. ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/30 "2005-10-27T14:09:38Z")
My handle does not generally lead to any confusion either, but in case anyone is uncertain, I am a guy. I am also fat and bald. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/31 "2005-10-27T14:13:48Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Manly man. > > Not a nurse. Not a Carmen. Oh, now that IS tricksy! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/32 "2005-10-27T15:27:19Z")
I’m trying to come up with something witty and failing miserably. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/33 "2005-10-27T15:33:21Z")
Female here, to **Papa Zappa’s** great relief, as he’s a dude and insists he’s not gay. Then again, given that I’ve contributed to breastfeeding and childbirth threads, I’m guessing there was never any serious question 🙂 IRL I frequently get mistaken for an outie when I’m talking on the phone, as I have a fairly deep voice for a woman. 's partly why I chose a girly-leaning screen name. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/34 "2005-10-27T15:34:45Z")
I gots boobies! Yay me! Did I win? ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/35 "2005-10-27T15:41:33Z")
I figure most folks assume Geek = male, which happens to be true, in this case. btw > [@picunurse](#): > > I’m a lady, of course. > [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > Just watch how yas talks to a lady, see? _Hey laAADIEES_ ::runs:: ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/36 "2005-10-27T16:00:00Z")
I’m throbbingly, tumescently, ruttingly male. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/37 "2005-10-27T16:01:44Z")
I’m a girl! And I don’t drive a taxi. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/38 "2005-10-27T16:11:12Z")
Guy. Ya know…in case there was any confusion. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/39 "2005-10-27T16:21:07Z")
Female here! There seems to be a growing awareness of this among some of the regulars in the comic book threads. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/40 "2005-10-27T16:29:14Z")
Female here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136.md?page=3)