Gender Challenge: Am I a woman or a man?

Btw, this is the post aidan referred to:

http://able2know.org/topic/127373-2#post-3520673

(Found it by clicking on someone's name, replacing that name with "boomerang" in the url, then clicking on boomer's topics and scrolling down to the "date" one.)

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@sozobe,

The reason I'm surprised is that its called gender challenge. I've posted the rules. Basically the questions are much more important than the answers. This space is so you can explore your views on gender and stereotypes. I don't think the answer matters one jot. I am not amazes at my cleverness. Can you help here by explaining if or how you got treated any different by being thought of as a man.
I see a lot of the feigned boredom as lazy thinking. Basically people don't want to be challenged so they switch off or get disruptive.

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@sozobe,

That could also indicate gay woman

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@snood,

snood wrote:

Why d'ya think so, Brandon (not that I really, really give a crap whether this naval-gazing idjit is either, but just for the sake of polite conversation...)?

There's more than enough evidence in what he's said.

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@Green Witch,

Is there a vegetarian option? Seeing as I'm a gay man you'd better bring on the mineral water and Gloria Gaynor records.

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@Fountofwisdom,

Fountofwisdom wrote:

You said you didn't care for me. My main critics have been for anti Americanism. I am sorry but I don't recall meeting you before yesterday.

Not a very logical progression.

You're right, I don't think we've conversed before.

You're anti-Americanism is just trash talk. You're good at it, but you're not in
Rockhead's league when he sets his mind to it.

Forgive me for saying so, but you are annoying -- as you intend to be -- but it
gets on one's nerves after a while.

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@Fountofwisdom,

I think:
Female, in her late teens.
Albeit, I did not read the whole thread. (I'm procrastinating, as always, but i'm not gonna procrastinate THAT much)

Anyway:
A straight man would not have posted this thread since they have no bug-bears about their societal role.
This thread is almost a 'showcase' of how many differing interests you have. It's very 'look at me, look how diverse I am and see if you can pigeonhole me'. A straight man would have less reason to do this than the suggested gay man or woman.
I'd guess you are not that old as you are projecting yourself, there is no kind of serene backbone often found in the opinions of older people.

Personally i don't think we will get an answer.
I think FOW is enjoying listening to the presumptions we make on the information (s)he is giving. It proabably feels good.

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it's not a choice you've offered, but i'm gonna guess douche bag

where do i collect my prize

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@The Pentacle Queen,

Oh. Lots of posts happened as I posted my post.

Yeah yeah we all stereotype.
Bet you can't guess MY gender.

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@djjd62,

haha douche bag it is

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@Fountofwisdom,

Yeah but that's the thing... it just isn't that challenging!

It's very much like Chai's "how many fingers am I holding up?" thing.

Especially if when she was asked, "are your hands in the same position as John Travolta's when he was doing that dance in 'Pulp Fiction,'?", the response was "Uma Thurman is hot." Would get old fast.

Anyway, I started the non-female politics account because I felt like I was getting the brush-off with my female account. I definitely was treated differently with the "male" account. (Again, I never made any claims, just chose a more masculine account name.) I got a lot more responses, more respect, etc.

It's not a problem here because people know me by now, but I was new at the time and sick of being ignored. (Hmmmm... Wink

)

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@Fountofwisdom,

Fountofwisdom wrote:

I am certainly interested in the psychology of perception. I find some things weird: for instance, the perception that gay men and women think alike, as do lesbians and men. I don't think this is backed by research in any way.
I am interested in how a piece of empirical research can make me an attention whore, I think part of the answer is there is a belief that research is not a feminine activity.
I would welcome your comments.

I've stated that you're either a man or a gay woman. You need only state that you're neither to prove me wrong. Beyond that, I won't debate my conclusion.

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@The Pentacle Queen,

Seriously Pentacle, you are being completely unfair in the assumptions about my motives. I genuinely thought it would be interesting to explore gender and stereotype. I can't understand why you would abuse someone you've never met.

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@Brandon9000,

It is rare, I know. But I tend to agree with you on this. Smile

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@Fountofwisdom,

Fountofwisdom wrote:

I've already said I am not Roxy. I find your ability to judge sexuality from this amazing: have you ever thought of trying witches: possibly in Salem. By the way I find neither being called a man, or gay offensive.

Good. I wasn't trying to offend you. However, I find your comment about my trying witches in Salem to be hostile.

My answer is unchanged.

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@Fountofwisdom,

Fountofwisdom wrote:

I can't understand why you would abuse someone you've never met.

Funny.

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@Fountofwisdom,

I'm not abusing you, it just struck me as an attention ploy. Of course, I may be wrong, but i think, if you were SERIOUS about learing about gender stereotypes, you'd make another account and explore discreetly, rather than inviting people to make unintelligent assumptions on little fragments of information.

Sozobe:
WHOA, looked for your older post but couldn't find it.
Did you really get more respect as a man?
That makes me sad Sad

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@Fountofwisdom,

Do you like American football?

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@The Pentacle Queen,

Which older post?

Yeah, I really did! To an extent that surprised me.

I think some of it was sexism and some of it was actually just that the guys didn't want to seem like they were flirting with me when it was the female account. Lots of manly joshing with the masculine account. Smile

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@Fountofwisdom,

Fountofwisdom wrote:

I can't understand why you would abuse someone you've never met.

it's the easiest form of abuse, like punching somebody in the dark, a victimless crime

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