I thought you were female at first because I checked your information and you had something up about protecting the environment which I basically went "TLDR, hippy-chick."
Yeah, I really couldn't think about what to do for my profile this month, so I went back to a familiar theme for me. I suppose you'd imagine women care more about the environment because they're more nurturing. I don't think it's uncommon for men to care too, though.
Again, it's unfair profiling based on subconscious stereotypes... our brains do it in a fraction of a second without us even having any control over it.
I'm happy that you care, honestly, and I think men care about the environment as well, but that's my whole brain at work, not a split-second process.
What's funny is that people have thought I was female because I talk about feminism, gay because I don't like homophobia, black because I talk about racism, and overweight because I don't dish out hate to fat people. It says something that - to most people - to care about something is very unlikely unless you personally are suffering. I find it very easy to be empathic which I think gets me flagged up as a female.
On a final note, my username is also kind of female sounding and comes from a poem written by a female to another female. I guess it's not the kind of thing a guy would identify with. I don't deliberately choose to display any female characteristics. I just have them and don't hide them.
IIN to always be able to tell if someone online is male or female?
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I thought you were female at first because I checked your information and you had something up about protecting the environment which I basically went "TLDR, hippy-chick."
...I got as far as "soil erosion".
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Yeah, I really couldn't think about what to do for my profile this month, so I went back to a familiar theme for me. I suppose you'd imagine women care more about the environment because they're more nurturing. I don't think it's uncommon for men to care too, though.
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Again, it's unfair profiling based on subconscious stereotypes... our brains do it in a fraction of a second without us even having any control over it.
I'm happy that you care, honestly, and I think men care about the environment as well, but that's my whole brain at work, not a split-second process.
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What's funny is that people have thought I was female because I talk about feminism, gay because I don't like homophobia, black because I talk about racism, and overweight because I don't dish out hate to fat people. It says something that - to most people - to care about something is very unlikely unless you personally are suffering. I find it very easy to be empathic which I think gets me flagged up as a female.
On a final note, my username is also kind of female sounding and comes from a poem written by a female to another female. I guess it's not the kind of thing a guy would identify with. I don't deliberately choose to display any female characteristics. I just have them and don't hide them.