I'm in a very similar situation. People on this site occasionally default to "she" if they don't know I'm a "he", presumably because I don't project my masculinity in the way that a lot of people would think of as "normal" (even though I think of myself as masculine) so the male switch never flicks on in their mind.
A few people on this site have thought I was black when in fact I'm white, and I've had a whole range of guesses at my sexual orientation. I've got a long history of being put into categories that aren't part of my identity, is what I'm saying.
It genuinely doesn't offend me in the slightest if people ever get parts of my identity wrong :) It's not important and really it's impossible to guess.
Many have asked me if I am gay as well. Others have tried to guess my age. Usually they say that I am too young... yet sometimes they say I am old as well.
That's why many of my posts sometimes start like this: "I am a XX year old straight guy...". (Unless I am pretending to be someone else of course, haha)
Is it normal that people think I am a female because of how I write?
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I'm in a very similar situation. People on this site occasionally default to "she" if they don't know I'm a "he", presumably because I don't project my masculinity in the way that a lot of people would think of as "normal" (even though I think of myself as masculine) so the male switch never flicks on in their mind.
A few people on this site have thought I was black when in fact I'm white, and I've had a whole range of guesses at my sexual orientation. I've got a long history of being put into categories that aren't part of my identity, is what I'm saying.
It genuinely doesn't offend me in the slightest if people ever get parts of my identity wrong :) It's not important and really it's impossible to guess.
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Many have asked me if I am gay as well. Others have tried to guess my age. Usually they say that I am too young... yet sometimes they say I am old as well.
That's why many of my posts sometimes start like this: "I am a XX year old straight guy...". (Unless I am pretending to be someone else of course, haha)
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Oh, I forgot about age. People are often surprised that I'm as young as I am, and people have sometimes undershot my age as well.
I think the Nicki Minaj profile picture I used to have didn't help, nor did my once pink username.