# SDMB Gender Reassignment Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977 "2004-08-09T03:39:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/1 "2004-08-09T03:39:49Z")
Last week I found out that \*\*NurseCarmen \*\* is a man. I have just found that that \*\*clairobscur \*\* is a man too! I had a mental picture of a sophisticated Parisian lady. Was I wrong! It happens often that I found a doper is of a different gender than that suggested by the screen name. Am I the only one to whom this happen? Specially since I’ve reading clairobscur’s posts for a long time and I never noticed. To make matters clear I am a girl. TVM. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/2 "2004-08-09T03:42:40Z")
**EddyTeddyFreddy** is female. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/3 "2004-08-09T03:44:35Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > **EddyTeddyFreddy** is female. WHAT! :smack: I’ll be back under my rock. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/4 "2004-08-09T04:03:05Z")
I’m not a talking dog of the future with a speech impediment. I’m a strong, beautiful, black man…well not really, but I’m defintely _not_ a talking dog. _…or am I?!_ ---
**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/5 "2004-08-09T04:04:36Z")
Guess what I am! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/6 "2004-08-09T04:34:40Z")
I’ve had at least three people over the years assume I was female. I can’t imagine why anyone would think “Biffy” is a female name. I think once the confusion came about because I made a passing mention of “Mrs. Biffy,” meaning my then-wife, and the way it came out could have been interpreted as me referring to myself in the third person. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/7 "2004-08-09T04:38:18Z")
Many have mistakenly thought me to be female. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/8 "2004-08-09T04:40:39Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > I have just found that that \*\*clairobscur \*\* is a man too! I had a mental picture of a sophisticated Parisian lady. I thought **clairobscur** was female, too. Sorry, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/9 "2004-08-09T04:50:01Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > Many have mistakenly thought me to be female. And you’re not?! :eek: Would females please stand on this side and males stand on that side so we can tell you apart? ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/10 "2004-08-09T04:50:47Z")
So did I. ☹ I suppose perhaps it is because the name is reminiscent of the female name “Claire”. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/11 "2004-08-09T04:51:36Z")
> [@Necro Romancer](#): > > Guess what I am! Based on your screen name? You are creepy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/12 "2004-08-09T05:04:34Z")
I’ve received more than my share of “oh, you’re not a girl!” posts. Must by the Brandi Chastain thing. There’s an entire family with that last name, y’know. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/13 "2004-08-09T05:16:07Z")
Remember, no one knows you’re a cat on the internet. For the record, I am not a cat. ---
**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/14 "2004-08-09T05:30:32Z")
> [@Emperor Penguin](#): > > Remember, no one knows you’re a cat on the internet. > For the record, I am not a cat. I’d be honored if you used your 1000th post to insult me. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/15 "2004-08-09T05:35:21Z")
Most people assume I am male but I am really a one-legged crack whore. Put two and two together people! Shag=Screw Nasty=Anything Goes. **Shagnasty** - The whore whose business card reads “Your way, right away”. Burger King copied me after I serviced their CEO and he kept me card. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/16 "2004-08-09T06:09:55Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > I’ve had at least three people over the years assume I was female. I can’t imagine why anyone would think “Biffy” is a female name. I think once the confusion came about because I made a passing mention of “Mrs. Biffy,” meaning my then-wife, and the way it came out could have been interpreted as me referring to myself in the third person. It’s quite possible the ‘shrew’ part has to do with it. In my head I don’t think [‘small insectivorous mammal’](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_shrew) I think [‘Katerina Minola’](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew). Nothing else really registers of it. Of course that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/17 "2004-08-09T06:19:59Z")
> [@Necro Romancer](#): > > I’d be honored if you used your 1000th post to insult me. [singing] _A fine necro romance with no kisses… A fine necro romance with no coffins… You never went and learned how to dance, I never stood a chance, what a fine necro romance…_ [/singing] ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/18 "2004-08-09T06:26:02Z")
> [@Necro Romancer](#): > > Guess what I am! Oh, and I’d guess straight male… early 20s, perhaps late teens, with a touch of black humor and a disaffected nature. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/19 "2004-08-09T13:04:36Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > I’ve had at least three people over the years assume I was female. I can’t imagine why anyone would think “Biffy” is a female name. I think once the confusion came about because I made a passing mention of “Mrs. Biffy,” meaning my then-wife, and the way it came out could have been interpreted as me referring to myself in the third person. Probably because “Biffy” is close to “Buffy” and like **Flutterby** said, they’re (okay, me) thinking “shrew = nagging, bitchy woman” rather than “shrew = little furry creature.” Now I know. I’m one of those who called **Chastain86** a girl by mistake. :smack: Sorry 'bout that. I’ve been called a guy a few times, but most people get it right. I’m female. And I’m defintely _not_ a cat. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977/20 "2004-08-09T13:10:49Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > I have just found that that \*\*clairobscur \*\* is a man too! Really? Note to self: “ **clairobscur** est un homme.” I knew about **ETF**. I did not know about **Chastain86**. Those are the only two in this thread I didn’t know, so far. Do me next! Guess! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gender-reassignment-thread/258977.md?page=2)