# Which Dopers do you always get their gender wrong? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 27, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339 "2009-10-27T19:43:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Pray\_for\_peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/61 "2009-10-28T15:58:15Z")
**Covered\_in\_Bees!** is a girl, right? šŸ˜ƒ I also had that wrong. Oh, and Iā€™m a girl with a boy name (actually, three boysā€™ names) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/62 "2009-10-28T16:02:56Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > \*Not as manly as a duck-type name but close But ducks are female. Drakes are male. ā€œDuckā€ is about as manly as ā€œcowā€ or ā€œgoose.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/63 "2009-10-28T16:11:16Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Only males are dorky: itā€™s not a quality that I would associate with a woman. So Iā€™ve got your gender wrong all this time :smack: Really? I never thought of it that way. Clearly, you donā€™t know the women I know. You, however, are clearly a male. Or a female. One of the two. Or intersexed. Definitely one of those things, unless youā€™re something else. God damn it, youā€™re a robot mongoose, arenā€™t you?! ---
**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:** [October 28, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/64 "2009-10-28T16:13:50Z")
**Sidney** , I keep picturing you as Amanda Bynes. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/65 "2009-10-28T16:15:22Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > But ducks are female. Drakes are male. ā€œDuckā€ is about as manly as ā€œcowā€ or ā€œgoose.ā€ Oh bull! Ducks are manly, manly manly creatures. Full of wisdom and manliness! Just look at my cousinā€¦the AFLAC duck! I rest my case. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/66 "2009-10-28T16:21:55Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > You, however, are clearly a male. Or a female. One of the two. Or intersexed. Definitely one of those things, unless youā€™re something else. > > God damn it, youā€™re a robot mongoose, arenā€™t you?! Three correct statements out of six is 50% ā€“ a passing grade. (But if I were an intersexed robot mongoose ā€“ which Iā€™m not ā€“ it would still be three correct out of six.) ---
**Author:** ![Pray\_for\_peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/67 "2009-10-28T16:49:00Z")
No comment. šŸ˜‰ ---
**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:** [October 28, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/68 "2009-10-28T16:54:54Z")
> [@Sidney Evgeni Jordan](#): > > No comment. šŸ˜‰ Sorry. My SO makes me watch [this](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0815244/) whenever itā€™s on. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/69 "2009-10-28T17:23:40Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > But ducks are female. Drakes are male. ā€œDuckā€ is about as manly as ā€œcowā€ or ā€œgoose.ā€ OK, I had to go look this up. ā€œDuckā€ is the name for the female as well as the name for the bird, whether male or female, although males are called drakes. Whew! My gender perception of Donald and Daffy is safe. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/70 "2009-10-28T17:31:09Z")
I once referred to twickster as ā€œheā€ in haste, and repented at leisure. Kinda suprised that many people would assume Elendilā€™s Heir is female though. ---
**Author:** ![Pray\_for\_peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/71 "2009-10-28T17:36:47Z")
(whoosh) Oh, I see itā€™s a **Revenge of the Nerds** for girls. A heroine after my own heart! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/72 "2009-10-28T17:37:27Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > ā€œDuckā€ is about as manly as ā€œcowā€ or ā€œgoose.ā€ Nahā€“all three of those are the generic name for the given animal. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/73 "2009-10-29T00:34:20Z")
> [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > Male tabby here. šŸ˜ƒ > I still donā€™t know why people assume Iā€™m female, I always thought my writing style was rather stereotypically male. 1. Stereotypically, women like cats and men like dogs. Obviously some men like cats, some women like dogs, and some men and women like neither. Stereotypes donā€™t have to be accurate. 2. [Tabby](http://www.behindthename.com/name/tabby) and [Kat](http://www.behindthename.com/name/kat) are both diminutive forms of feminine names. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/74 "2009-10-29T00:37:59Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Iā€™ve been assumed to be a guy at times. I think my nameā€™s pretty neutral, so itā€™s probably the olā€™ default-to-male thing. I did used to think **Kimmy\_Gibbler** was a girl, for obvious reasons, but I canā€™t think of any major surprises beyond that. Wait, **Kimmy** ā€™s NOT a girl? Wow. I always figured sheā€™d be **Pervy Joey** or **Uncle Child Molester** if she were a guy. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/75 "2009-10-29T01:02:28Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > This thread is disturbing. On one hand I want to be happy that people actually notice me. On the other hand, these people that notice me apparently think Iā€™m a woman. > > Itā€™s probably what I had coming to me by going with an [Eddie Izzard](http://coolaggregator.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/eddie_izzard.jpg) routine. I think it is the Eddie Izzard routine thatā€™s throwing people off, although not because of Izzard himself but because of the joke about ā€œI like my women how I like my coffee, covered in bees!ā€ So people familiar with the routine probably see ā€œCovered\_In\_Beesā€ and think ā€œwoman covered in beesā€. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/76 "2009-10-29T14:21:46Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > I think it is the Eddie Izzard routine thatā€™s throwing people off, although not because of Izzard himself but because of the joke about ā€œI like my women how I like my coffee, covered in bees!ā€ So people familiar with the routine probably see ā€œCovered\_In\_Beesā€ and think ā€œwoman covered in beesā€. I just think he acts kinda girly. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/77 "2009-10-29T15:03:16Z")
You mean Eddie Izzard, or **C\_I\_B**? The latter makes no secret of his love for boobs and short skirts and the like. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/78 "2009-10-29T15:13:14Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Really? I never thought of it that way. Clearly, you donā€™t know the women I know. > > You, however, are clearly a male. Or a female. One of the two. Or intersexed. Definitely one of those things, unless youā€™re something else. > > God damn it, youā€™re a robot mongoose, arenā€™t you?! Or a mongoose dog. I thought you were a guy until now, too, sorry! I think itā€™s because there is **Left Hand of Dorkness** , who is a guy (I thinkā€¦now Iā€™m beginning to doubt myself). ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/79 "2009-10-29T15:16:01Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > You mean Eddie Izzard, or **C\_I\_B**? The latter makes no secret of his love for boobs and short skirts and the like. I like boobs and short skirts too. Iā€™m a chick. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/80 "2009-10-29T15:17:00Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I like boobs and short skirts too. Iā€™m a chick. But do you like them on yourself or on others? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339.md?page=5)