Gender of Members

[theawakenedone]

Was curious to know which gender is the greatest number amongst us? =]

[Vlad Moskovski]

looks like the males outweigh the females heavily. I wonder if this is true across the entire forum, or just the little pole that is here. Only 10 ppl participated after all.

Vlad

[aelle]

I have a vagina, if that's what you meant to ask. But when it comes to gender, there are more than these 2...

[Gene]

I am a male! I do believe on the boards it is sometimes hard to determine whether a poster is male or female from the user name and posts made from the user.

[Brutha]

I have a vagina, if that's what you meant to ask. But when it comes to gender, there are more than these 2...

I forget to add the undecided option this time...

[Cochonette]

Undecided option? LOL. That doesn't cut it.

I wonder why it's twice as many males. *raises brow* That's an interesting figure.

[TheGoddessMaria]

Originally Posted by Gene

I am a male! I do believe on the boards it is sometimes hard to determine whether a poster is male or female from the user name and posts made from the user.

I always wonder how folks in transition answer this question. I think it must be similar to my feelings on the questions that absurdly categorize race and identity. My heritage is from Mexican and Irish people. I identify myself as Hispanic. I rarely get a satisfactory way of describing myself, but at least it always stays the same. Gender, for some people, is fluid. I have had days where I felt more butch or more femme, to borrow two common terms from the Queer* community.

The question of gender on the forums makes me wonder how the issue of gender is relevant. I understand that men and women are socialized differently to some extent, but also that generalizations are not usually good enough for collections of smart people.

I would welcome a network that was devoid of any indication about the person's looks, age, or even gender, just to see how the conversation would be different.

It is interesting to me that this seemingly simple issue : M/F? : could provoke a response of such complex ideas.


*"Queer" is not a pejorative in this context, please do not pelt me with hailstones; in my world and my community, its just another reclaimed old term. Thank you!

[Bobbie Schroder]

That is true, Gene. Your statement reminds me of a humorous situation on a forum I used to frequent, when I debated heavily on politics, religion, and sex.

On occasion, I would have it out with the most challenging, vicious man on the block who spewed intimidating venom with his arrogant, pseudo-intellect, at anyone who dared to disagree with him. Well, every great once in a while when I could manage to checkmate him, he would change the subject and angrily proclaim to everyone that I wasn't really a woman, even though my avatar displayed otherwise. He swore that I was actually another man from the forum he knew who was a writer, and suspected that he was posing as a woman to debate him. I guess he figured that only a man would be able to meet his match, and have what it takes to sportingly "rip him a new one", level-out his ego, and basically deep-fry his mental mountain oysters.

But I really don't like doing that anymore, since I've become privy to the Law of Attraction and where I stand on the Emotional Guidance Scale. When I debate, I feel a sense of restriction. When I allow, I feel freedom.

"I am woman, hear me mew..." ?.... Not!

Originally Posted by Gene

I am a male! I do believe on the boards it is sometimes hard to determine whether a poster is male or female from the user name and posts made from the user.

[dulaney0330]

Female.

I am surprised by the results. I did not think it was that lop-sided.

[Sophie2]

Thanks! Nice response

[karentax]

I'm super surprised and pleased! It's nice to know so many men are interested in personal development .... or is there another draw?!
--Karen

[Lucid Dream]

I hope it is not too late to add to this topic.

I have had experiences where my gender was unknown (not asked for) when contributing or commenting. I don't think my gender has any great bearing on what I am expressing. The question of gender never came up nor was it required to contribute in the place I refer to. It was just a fairly open and free place where people basically went to have a good old uncensored work rant. Or share humorous experiences etc. And so, there was a great deal of freedom to be silly, and no cencorship for anything but the obvious things that should not be tolerated.

My intention was never to hide my gender, it just never came up and I never really thought about it. It was, however, available to anyone who looked at my original profile where I had indicated it. In the one instance where I actually referred to my gender (about two years into being a member), there was a reaction of surprise. It was very strange, because I had never gone out of my way to not mention it, however, apparently had not done so. It just didn't seem relevant to anything I was expressing, and in some weird way, I expected that people would know.

There are definately preconceptions around gender and how each reacts or expresses themselves. I think knowing it influences how you perceive the message or opinions of someone. I'm not saying it is a bad thing, because there are differences in the way genders express themselves. And if you don't know it, you will automatically assume one way or the other based on your preconceptions.

Interesting.

Lucid

[Sophie2]

I have found that at least 99% of poles are marked with male first and then female. Since female comes first in the alphabet then should it not come first on surveys? Just a question to all regarding our sexist society.

[rgmwilliams]

I'm glad they use the word, "Gender" . . . If the poll was on "Sex" , my mind would be required to make the joke, "Is this frequency per unit of time?" or "Total times in life".

[Andrew Brunelle]

We got about a 60/40 split of males to females. That seems about right.

[aelle]

Funny that this thread should pop up again when we're having this discussion! I find it highly relevant.

[CODIE]

I would have thought it would be more female but how wrong I was lol.

Hi I am a laydeee BTW!!

[Ashton Cartwright]

*looks in shorts*

Hmmm. I guess that means I'm a male. . . :-)

[CODIE]

Well everytime I come here it keeps on asking.
I AM A WOMAN

[vicente]

el doctor dijo, es nene... mmm...

[Folly]

I'm a female/lady/woman

[Optimus Lime]

I'm a manly he-man.

[TigersEye]

I am female

[WildKat]

I'm female, but my guide/service dog is male. (Does he count? lol!)

[Viclogic]

Wow so many men here. I'm a man. The creator of this site is also a man.

[fpete1110]

This is getting to be fun. Female here, have to get a few friends to join up. See you all in cyberspace.

[Liaison]

I am of the female physicality. Though, preferably label myself as an androgyne.

[abrooks1110]

Another woman amongst the ranks. Got to get some of our friends to signup as well. Love the premise of the website.

[HarrisNanthakumar]

Male.

[wesrman]

Dood.