Based on standard english practice, I address someone who's gender I do not know,
using masculine gender. I assume others do the same. There is a page,
http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiWomen, which can be utiliZed if you wish to be
identified as female. It doesn't appear that most women care though.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: erik_moeller(a)gmx.de (Erik Moeller)
Reply-To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org
Date: 16 Jul 2003 21:13:00 +0200
sannse-
Anthere asked:
> You a woman Sannse ?
>
Yep. Despite the number of kind e-mails I get
offering to enlarge my penis
;)
I haven't bothered to correct those on
Wikipedia who have presumed I'm
male - it hasn't bothered me and doesn't seem worth the typing. But since
seeing you comment on this I've realised you are right - we have a tendency
to presume anyone without an obviously female name is male. And I do it
myself all the time. I can't think of a single contributor with a
gender-neutral name that I picture as female (unless they have identified
themselves as such).
Well, I've been thought to be a woman several times. Since my username is
"Eloquence", perhaps that's a good sign. ;-)
Regards,
Erik
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