# What is your gender? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 18, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376 "2010-01-18T01:20:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376/1 "2010-01-18T01:20:14Z")
I’m sure we’ve done this poll before, but I’m curious what the statistics are these days. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376/2 "2010-01-18T21:59:42Z")
This one is a few months old, but it might help your data set if you like. [Sexuality](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533463)& Gender on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376/3 "2010-01-18T22:38:15Z")
[I’m male, but it doesn’t fit into boxes](http://www.hiyoooo.com/). ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376/4 "2010-01-19T05:19:22Z")
♀ here. > [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > it doesn’t fit into boxes. Well that’s not good. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376/5 "2010-01-19T06:55:21Z")
☉♃☽ Here. But seriously, male. (On a related note, I’m heavily surprised the alchemical symbol for Mercury ☿ hasn’t been adopted either in evil female jokes or that “naughty girl” subculture). ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376/6 "2010-01-19T16:32:36Z")
Your poll says something about the gender of people who read IMHO and want to post to polls, but bear in mind that that group could have a different gender ratio than the SDMB as a whole. ---
**Author:** ![Danika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@Danika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danika)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376/7 "2010-01-19T17:54:15Z")
At least this was an easy question to answer. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376/8 "2010-01-19T18:07:49Z")
Wouldn’t it have been better to have the choices of responders open to the public? ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376/9 "2010-01-19T18:20:35Z")
Not sure? How do I find out? I like dogs. Long walks on the beach. Ice cream, but not chocolate. Movies. Maybe I just ask the wife, she’s always right, even when she’s completely wrong…eh right. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376/10 "2010-01-20T00:48:40Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > ☉♃☽ Here. > > But seriously, male. > (On a related note, I’m heavily surprised the alchemical symbol for Mercury ☿ hasn’t been adopted either in evil female jokes or that “naughty girl” subculture). I’ve seen some intersexed folks use the Mercury symbol to represent a third gender option. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376/11 "2010-01-20T00:50:20Z")
Just in case there is still any confusion as to my gender, I am still a male. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376/12 "2010-01-20T02:21:36Z")
I’d have expected the results to be 50/50. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376/13 "2010-01-20T03:16:19Z")
It’s closer to 50% than the other fora I hang out at…geek sausagefests, I tells ya! (And not in a good way) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376/14 "2010-01-20T03:18:06Z")
It depends which restroom has a shorter line. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376/15 "2010-01-20T03:48:32Z")
I’m so virile my underwear is pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376/16 "2010-01-20T03:51:54Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Just in case there is still any confusion as to my gender, I am still a male. _ **Still** _?! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-gender/525376/17 "2010-01-20T03:53:07Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > It depends which restroom has a shorter line. Must be nice at a concert…