Why do women on the internet identify themselves?

[Cavallier]

Damnit! I gotta work harder at being dick or I'll never beat out Fukyo for most manly admin.

Was it me? D:

 

[Pyropyro]

Spoiler

shiit. total tangent, but, back in my world of warcraft days there was this guy who fell in love (or was at least strongly infatuated with) with a person he thought was a girl after a long time of knowing each other and interacting. as far as I understand it, the person with the female avatar didn't actually identify as female IRL and saw the whole deal as roleplaying of sorts.

Long story short, guy was devastated upon the realization that this love interest he had gotten so much hope and invested so much in emotionally turned out to be a heterosexual guy roleplaying a persona... and upon witnessing his devastation, this roleplaying guy was devastated as well and felt immensely guilty for not making sure the other guy was aware that it was a highly developed role sooner.

All the people on the server who got mail from the drama llama were hit very strongly in the feels. It felt so tragic, this love story that just wasn't completely so, but sort of was, in a way. In the feels. While it lasted.

That could have been a good relationship but it does sound like a good melancholic romance story material.

Anyways, this just shows that the advantages of identifying oneself as female may have unintended consequences.

 

[redbaron]

Beat me to the punch.

Figured I'd give a little bit of data from the actual userlist here. Here's the tally for various strings in the usernames:

Girl = 28
Guy = 30

man = 44
woman = 2

male = 3
female = 1

Not sure what the gender balance on the forum that is.

 

[digitalbum]

It's yet another step away from actual human interaction.

 

[Jennywocky]

Just with the whole name thing I've had a lot of people assume I'm female. I think it might be more my writing style than name but it is curious that at least to some extent I break the assumed male thing... I wonder why.

Well, you're an INFP guy, so....

http://personalitycafe.com/infp-forum-idealists/14645-infp-feminine-males.html
http://personalitycafe.com/infp-forum-idealists/143603-infp-men-accusation-being-feminine.html
http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2013/02/infp-is-not-alpha.html

(I've heard INFP guys gripe about this before and/or the discussion occurring.)

Simply phallacious. I am sorry.

Dick jokes?
Different strokes, I guess.

(Bad monkey! *spank*)

 

[The Gopher]

I actually enjoy it. However it's interesting that it comes across in writing. I don't generally get offended (probably a product of too much Ne) and don't seem that feminist in the real world. I like having the ability to fake being female online though!

 

[Jennywocky]

I actually enjoy it. However it's interesting that it comes across in writing. I don't generally get offended (probably a product of too much Ne)

Are you an Enneagram Nine? I've seen that with many IFP guys.

and don't seem that feminist in the real world. I like having the ability to fake being female online though!

Probably the openness, lack of ego in the posts, the warmer/gentler friendly interaction style, etc. it mirrors some of the traits that females are taught in many cultures.

shiit. total tangent, but, back in my world of warcraft days there was this guy who fell in love (or was at least strongly infatuated with) with a person he thought was a girl after a long time of knowing each other and interacting. as far as I understand it, the person with the female avatar didn't actually identify as female IRL and saw the whole deal as roleplaying of sorts.

Long story short, guy was devastated upon the realization that this love interest he had gotten so much hope and invested so much in emotionally turned out to be a heterosexual guy roleplaying a persona... and upon witnessing his devastation, this roleplaying guy was devastated as well and felt immensely guilty for not making sure the other guy was aware that it was a highly developed role sooner.

All the people on the server who got mail from the drama llama were hit very strongly in the feels. It felt so tragic, this love story that just wasn't completely so, but sort of was, in a way. In the feels. While it lasted.

Ouch. Ironically, I'm watching Tootsie right this moment. Talk about synchronicity.

I mean, stuff happens; and it's too bad that that happened, since it sounds like it just wasn't on people's radar and then there was a lot of heartache involved.

There are males who play females and they can still come across online as male. But I did actually met someone online once, with a female avatar, and we became somewhat close, one of the few people I could actually talk to in game about some personal things, and finally one night she says to me, "I need to tell you something, and I hope you are not mad at me..." and I immediately guessed it: She was a he. And she was. An ENFJ who just felt more comfortable in-game as a woman, despite still identifying as male, being married, etc. We remained friends after, of course, that wasn't a problem for me; but it was just funny. Sometimes people can scan cross-gender without having cross-gender identities.

as far as "women being helped" in online games more, well, it might depend on the type of woman. I've been ignored online, playing a female character, before; and on occasion I have been given a few cheap things or helped out. But typically not -- and I tend to play more of as a loner and don't really do the "warm engaging female" thing. I think women who flirt and play up their femininity into the cliche are more prone to getting attention, items, money, etc.

 

[The Gopher]

9w1 for the win! Yeah that's probably it. The video game thing is interesting. I haven't met anyone pretending to be female yet. Then again I almost always use voice chat (yes yes extrovert blah blah) now days.

 

[kaelum]

In this thread...

Indicating male sex:

Architect
Redbaron
Base Groove
TimeAsylums
Analyzer
The Void
Hawkeye
Paradoxparadigm7
Kaelum
Radicaldreamer

Gender neutral:

Gopher
Cherry Cola

Indicating female:

Jennywocky
Wrestler_Girl_97
Adaire

Gender and sex are not only expressed in absolutes or in whether we call one another he or she and the like. Statistically it also decide what type of language we use at large, our mannerisms, how we try to impress others, how we try to appear to others and by what means. Overt and covert prestige usage among other things.

Thanks for the research. My name is more about reflecting the irony of how religious my real name is and how little I care for religion. So I took a word for "heaven" and changed the "c" to a "k".

hmm, the following is not really related to the thread but here it is:

"Urology was the only specialty to report higher-paid women than men, although the difference was very small (1%)." (Medscape news based on a 2014 study)

 

[Hawkeye]

"Urology was the only specialty to report higher-paid women than men, although the difference was very small (1%)." (Medscape news based on a 2014 study)

There is an old saying: "a woman's work is never done", which is probably why they get paid less. ^^

 

[Jennywocky]

Moderator rating by manliness

1. Fukyo
2. Cavallier
3. Puffy
4. Polaris
5. Kuu
6. Absurdity

It's more fun to attach Game of Thrones characters to them in terms of manliness:

Fukyo

Cavallier

Puffy

Polaris

Kuu

Absurdity
[bimgx=450]http://i2.pinger.pl/pgr17/a02c75d10029e23e4f58d417[/bimgx]

 

[Absurdity]

<---- Doesn't watch Game of Thrones

Will someone please clue me in on how my masculinity is being slighted?

Aside from the fact that the guy (?) in the picture looks like a cross-dressing Little Red Riding Hood.

PS: Fukyo is ugly.

 

[Jennywocky]

<---- Doesn't watch Game of Thrones

Will someone please clue me in on how my masculinity is being slighted?

Aside from the fact that the guy (?) in the picture looks like a cross-dressing Little Red Riding Hood.

Well, to be honest, aside from looking like a fop... that guy was schtupping the Queen. Repeatedly. Boy toy of choice.

So... YMMV.

PS: Fukyo is ugly.

 

[digitalbum]

It's more fun to attach Game of Thrones characters to them in terms of manliness:

Where am I? I'm insulted.

 

[Fukyo]

Well, to be honest, aside from looking like a fop... that guy was schtupping the Queen. Repeatedly. Boy toy of choice.

So... YMMV.

I think he's also a relative.

 

[Pyropyro]

Where am I? I'm insulted.

Does it matter? Your avatar is Judge Dredd. He's quite high in the manliness scale.

 

[Jennywocky]

I think he's also a relative.

Shhh.... no one needs to know she's got a kink for that kind of thing.

Where am I? I'm insulted.

You weren't a mod. But hell...

... what about him?

[bimgx=400]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aAIK1ec8WlU/Tnd3L1yt8NI/AAAAAAAAAJE/oZuyJ8fgLdg/s1600/Game-of-Thrones-Theon-Greyjoy-1.jpeg[/bimgx]
What a dashing young lad.

 

[digitalbum]

Does it matter? Your avatar is Judge Dredd. He's quite high in the manliness scale.

Yeeeesss, but it doesn't count if I picked it.


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[Grayman]

Yeeeesss, but it doesn't count if I picked it.


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If you want someone to judge you I can do it. You might like the results. I am feeling a little biased toward humor.

 

[digitalbum]

If you want someone to judge you I can do it. You might like the results. I am feeling a little biased toward humor.

Go for it, it's only fair.

 

[digitalbum]

Shhh.... no one needs to know she's got a kink for that kind of thing.



You weren't a mod. But hell...

... what about him?

[bimgx=400]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aAIK1ec8WlU/Tnd3L1yt8NI/AAAAAAAAAJE/oZuyJ8fgLdg/s1600/Game-of-Thrones-Theon-Greyjoy-1.jpeg[/bimgx]
What a dashing young lad.

The guy that gets his dick cut off and is a slave to pussy. Thanks!

 

[Lot]

The guy that gets his dick cut off and is a slave to pussy. Thanks!

If the boot fits

 

[Jennywocky]

The guy that gets his dick cut off and is a slave to pussy. Thanks!

I really hope you didn't start tossing spoilers around, I'm only on episode 21. (Then again, I suppose I tossed a few lesser ones out myself.)

 

[digitalbum]

I really hope you didn't start tossing spoilers around, I'm only on episode 21. (Then again, I suppose I tossed a few lesser ones out myself.)

No def not, Theon Greyjoy turns out, um, very well.

 

[The Gopher]

I fear to ask who I would be :P

 

[Deleted member 1424]

I fear to ask who I would be :P

Hmm, Syrio perhaps.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

^ Totally did a double take

 

[Lot]

I fear to ask who I would be :P

Samwell

Spoiler

 

[The Gopher]

Samwell

Spoiler

PSSSSSSSHHH as if.

 

[Perfectly Normal Beast]

the game of clones thread hurts my brain

 

[Cherry Cola]

Absurdity is actually Littlefinger, beware.

 

[Base groove]

Absurdity is obviously Bran Stark as he is Ni-dominant, dignified, poised, intelligent, and crippled.

 

[digitalbum]

The guy that gets his dick cut off and is a slave to pussy. Thanks!

If the boot fits

Just checked, weiner intact, and the latter is a silly prospect. Maybe being a Eunuch would help me focus.

 

[Cavallier]

Brienne? Rofl!

 

[Black Rose]

I am Animekitty
I identify as... ?

 

[Ex-User (5841)]

I totally thought Puffy was female and Cav & Polaris were dudes for like a year...

Moderator rating by manliness

1. Fukyo
2. Cavallier
3. Puffy
4. Polaris
5. Kuu
6. Absurdity
5. Absurdity
6. Kuu

*Fixed, based on this and the assumption that Absurdity could grow a better beard.

 

[Base groove]

Poor Decaf.