# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/101 "2009-11-02T19:13:10Z")
Apparently the fact that I am El\_, rather than La\_, Kabong is sufficent clue for most people. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/102 "2009-11-02T19:14:36Z")
> [@villa](#): > > But despite the -a, I am male. Shame your football team is made up of a bunch of girls. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/103 "2009-11-02T19:14:55Z")
I should really change my nick someday. But I’ve kinda grown attached. I suppose it isn’t as attached as my penis. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/104 "2009-11-02T19:26:16Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Shame your football team is made up of a bunch of girls. Just because we are pretty, doesn’t make us girls. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/105 "2009-11-02T19:46:01Z")
> [@JR\_Brown](#): > > So far there has been a 100% ascription of maleness to me. Even while talking about girly stuff like, say, sewing. Although admittedly my name isn’t much help. Perhaps I should petition to change it to **Girly McGirlperson**. I don’t know. I see that ‘Mc’ and just think ‘Fighting Irish dude.’ How about PonyOvaries? ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339/106 "2009-11-02T21:57:35Z")
All boards I’ve ever taken a part of have either been fishing or MTG message boards. So pretty much all the ladies are guys. What complicates the issue even more is that I rarely read the poster’s username. So pretty much they have to have a very girly username or talk about their lady parts or something. Then, I have to talk myself out of thinking it’s some guy pretending to be a girl. Oh and gay guys who talk about their boyfriends often get treated as females. Some men also have girly names, like **Tabby Cat** apparently, which complicates matters even more. Again, I blame fishing message boards, which are 99% male. Good thing I rarely look at the usernames. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dopers-do-you-always-get-their-gender-wrong/515339.md?page=5)