Gender confusion...

[Jast]

I get called a woman all the time. At work customers will always say, "Excuse me, ma'am." when they haven't even gotten a good look at me. My coworkers joke with me saying that I sound like a woman on the phone. Heh Someone even did a little practical joke on me and took my name tag and added one letter to make it into a woman's name...I still need to get that fixed...Anyways, some of my close friends always tell me I'm like a sister to them......oh and I'm not gay.

 

[arsenicCatnip]

I used to deliberately use masculine avatars and usernames on forums like this, just to weird people out when they found out I was female.

It's all in the face. The avatar, y'know. If my username was something more neutral, I bet I'd get mistaken for a guy at least once.

 

[anaphysik]

It's the avatar. Happens to all of us. Crazy people thinking I'm a manta ray....




(clearly I'm a shark.)

 

[12capital]

EDIT: Nevermind.

 

[The Austin]

It's the Avatar.

I don't really think that it's normal for a guy to have a picture of a girl as a face.
It kinda goes against the point for me.

 

[thiosk]

People with femaleish avatars that do NOT focus on the boobies/vagina/booty/combo are automatically females.

Pro tip: Star control II avatars let everyone know you are male, old, have incredibly good taste.

 

[FieryTrainwreck]

When I was in grade 7 I had stupid long hair and a high pitched voice. Surprisingly, I was only ever once confused for a girl, and that was from behind.

Even if it's only the one time, it can be really painful.

 

[Dollar Bill]

Definitely 'cause of your avatar

 

[SextusMaximus]

It is based on the avatar usually. That's why people generally assume I'm awesome.

 

[Pecoros7]

Just because I have a Repo-man as my avatar doesn't mean I go around repossessing organs which the owners defaulted on for a mega medical corporation.

No, but it does make you awesome

 

[AgDr_ODST]

yeah its your avatar that confuses people, but its not exclusive to you I think it happens to everyone(including me) that has an avatar that isn't the same gender as they are ATLEAST once

 

[zehydra]

It's your avatar.

 

[Blair Bennett]

People often mistake me for a male, which I could probably find humor in if it hadn't been happening my entire life. I'll usually just correct the person and move on, as I can definitely understand why this particular misconception was made.

 

[War Penguin]

I haven't run into gender problems, internet or real life. Internet, I understand, not too girly features with me [small](except for maybe the emoticons... )[/small], but in real life, it's kind of confusing because I got some really long curly hair. No one ever called me a girl for it. Weird.

 

[likalaruku]

People always assume I'm a guy. Even those gender tests I took online think I'm a dude. Shit, I got the 3ed highest score on Spark.com's Bastard Test. It doesn't bother me anymore & I don't feel a need to correct them.

It's the chibi Gambit.

I'm pretty sure that cute chibis & hot Cajuns fall into girly teritory.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

I don't actually look at people's avatars or even their NAMES most of the time. As such, I make no assumptions about one's gender unless they tell me what it is.

 

[Dr. Danger]

I get this more at uni than here.
Sometimes I look at someone and wonder, are they male or female?

At least here you can sneakily look at people's profiles.

I feel like sneaking into people profiles is the equivalent to lifting a person's skirt.

Surely, I jest.

OP: It's your avatar. People have a preconceived notation that avatars are meant to represent you.

 

[iLikeHippos]

Hell, I get confused as a girl ALL the time. (that's the games where no headsets are included. Otherwise it'd be wierd )

They say I "write > sound like a female".

I don't know if that's just something the majority likes to imagine me as, but... *shrug*

Perhaps my humor, gamertags and the liking to purple hints them enough in order to jump to horny conclusions.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I always check their profile if I'm unsure, so luckily I have yet to get in any awkward conversations.. Yet being the operative word.

Same, but normally I find that beyond "her" and "him" I won't treat male and female members all that differently. Or I at least hope I don't.

I usually can't tell who is male or female so I don't really have a problem with treating people differently. You could all be mixed gender android assassins for all I know. If I have to use a gender pronoun I either guess if I'm feeling especially fat, or check their profile.

How did you know about my day jo- I mean I'm not an assassin in any way at all.

 

[adamson1000]

woohoo we have the same name

OT people dont click on a profile to see there gender all they look is the picture and yours has a female so most people assume you are a female