[WikiEN-l] WikiWomen (was Partial deletion)

Wed Jul 16 19:36:03 UTC 2003

--- sannse <sannse at delphiforums.com> wrote:
> Anthere asked:
> 
> > You a woman Sannse ?
> >
> 
> Yep.  Despite the number of kind e-mails I get
> offering to enlarge my penis
> ;)

oh ! You too ? :-)

> 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.

Anthère is a feminin word :-) How many times did I
have  to insist I was female before people remembered
it :-)

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).
> 
> See Stevertigo's comment on [[Talk:clitoris]] for a
> classic presumption of
> the male gender of all contributors (not to single
> you out Steve - it was
> just the timing that really made me notice this)
> 
> Regards
> 
> sannse

Noticed it also. But I counted only 3 (Deb said she
was a woman). Who is the fourth one ?

(I exclude MaryMary from the count - of course - she
can't be a woman right ?)

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