If you want to put your gender out there, you could always just add a note in the location field like some posters do or note it in your profile. People always want to know something about you, we really don’t need to take up space in the actual message board for all that random trivia on every post.
[QUOTE=Antinor01]
If you want to put your gender out there, you could always just add a note in the location field like some posters do or note it in your profile. People always want to know something about you, we really don’t need to take up space in the actual message board for all that random trivia on every post.
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We had a thread like this a while ago, and I liked this option best then.
Are there names here that are misleading gender wise?
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Me, I obligingly chose a username that reflects my gender. Or at least I thought I did, until I remembered “My Gal Sal.”
[QUOTE=Telperien]
Gender-specific insults are not necessary. Why can’t you just call everyone an asshole like I do?
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Well, we still need to be able to visualize whether said asshole is hairy and stinky, or pristine and smelling of sweet lilacs.
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]
Well, we still need to be able to visualize whether said asshole is hairy and stinky, or pristine and smelling of sweet lilacs.
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Hmm, in that case, more help is needed than I can or will provide.
[QUOTE=NurseCarmen]
Are there names here that are misleading gender wise?
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She does have a good point. Like her I for the most part have no trouble telling the gender of a poster based on their name. 
[QUOTE=Freddy the Pig]
Yes. Oh please, yes. A simple M or F will suffice. As long as the English language insists on separate pronouns for men and women, we need this.
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We can always use E, eir, and em.
[QUOTE=Telperien]
Hmm, in that case, more help is needed than I can or will provide.
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But (heh), you see, that’s what the “M” or “F” is for: drawing gross (heh) generalizations about the state of someone’s asshole based on gender.
a/s/l?
[QUOTE=Antinor01]
If you want to put your gender out there, you could always just add a note in the location field like some posters do or note it in your profile. People always want to know something about you, we really don’t need to take up space in the actual message board for all that random trivia on every post.
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Great idea. I’m on it.
[QUOTE=pizzabrat]
Great idea. I’m on it.
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I knew I had to be good for something around here. 
[QUOTE=pizzabrat]
Great idea. I’m on it.
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Wait a minute, are you kidding? I always thought you were female!
[QUOTE=NE Texan]
x Other, please specify:
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x Man trapped in a man’s body, just not the right one, because if I were in the right body, I might more often find myself as a man trapped in a woman’s body, if you know what I mean
Sheesh, do I really have to provide the most obvious answer myself?
[QUOTE=Cowboy8467]
Wait a minute, are you kidding? I always thought you were female!
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See.
You don’t know a lot about whatever gender you think that is.
[QUOTE=Shoshana]
You don’t know a lot about whatever gender you think that is.
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If an asshole whooshes, and nobody sniffs it, does it smell of lilacs?
I like the corrections. It’s funny. Though I probably would fill out the field if we had one…but pink and blue ribbons would make me puke. Ugh.
But then again I don’t think I’ve often had a problem (maybe once or twice) peopel assume names that end in ‘a’ are female (waves to Malacandra!) So maybe i’m not the best one to say anything.
I don’t think we need an indicator. I’m always surprised, though, when someone thinks I’m a dude.
And for the record, I do think men (and women, in different ways) treat posters differently when they find out someone is a woman. Maybe if I ever join a new board, I will represent myself as a male and see how that goes there.
Nah. It’s like birthin’ babies! I love the surprise, even if I have to say 