Would it bother you?

BareBones

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    After reading the ♀Gender Game♂ on the trivia section of the forums I got curious about something.

    I know some people who get very, very offended about being called the wrong gender, and at the same time I know some people who don't care much about it. So my questions to you are;

    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender online, does it bother you?
    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender offline, does it bother you?
     
    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender online, does it bother you?
    No, because different people think I'm a different gender. I usually just tell people to call me whatever they feel comfortable with. So if you think I'm a girl, then okay, call me a girl. If you think I'm a boy, then okay, call me a boy. Simple as that.

    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender offline, does it bother you?
    While my gender in person is quite clear and obvious, I really don't care if I'm called he or she. I used to, back when I didn't look my gender so it wasn't very obvious, but I don't know...to be honest, I am comfortable being called either or. However, if I had a significant other that was calling me the opposite of what I am, I would probably be offended. It's different with someone special, you know?

    This in mind though, I don't really have any gender identity issues or anything. It's just not something that bothers me.
     
    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender online, does it bother you? no. i actually find it amusing!
    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender offline, does it bother you? only over the phone, but i can understand why people mistake me for a woman. when i talk over the phone, i tend to have this overly polite tone that you would expect from a grandmother. that's really the only time someone confuses my gender. if someone thinks i'm a girl otherwise then they need their eyes checked, i'd say!
     
    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender online, does it bother you?
    It annoys me a lot. I've been mistaken for a boy several times, once by somebody who'd already known me for a while.
    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender offline, does it bother you?
    That I hate. When I was about seven or so, my haircut often led people to believe I was a boy. It doesn't happen anymore, thankfully.
     
    Oops, looks like I forgot to add my own answers! That was awfully silly of me.

    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender online, does it bother you?
    Not at all. I find it quite funny when people do. I have no issue if people would rather call me male or female.

    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender offline, does it bother you?
    Again, not really. It happens quite often - I'm rather androgynous in both appearance and attitude. It used to bother me, when people first started to call me the wrong gender, but now I'm quite used to it.
     
    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender online, does it bother you?
    Meh, it's not like real life so I don't care.

    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender offline, does it bother you?
    Psh yeah. I look too masculine to look like a female... unless they were blind. But yeah my voice is deep also so there's no reason they should think I'm a girl...
     
    >If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender online, does it bother you?
    Νah, I guess I'd be fine. It never happened, though-or at least nobody told me that, so I guess I haven't experienced it either.

    >If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender offline, does it bother you?
    One has to be too short-sighted to mistake me for a girl. Therefore, it never happened in real life, either, but I guess if it did I'd be a little bothered. I'd probably tell them "u mad" or something.
     
    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender online, does it bother you?
    No because I don't tend to act overly feminine in my posting. Nor to I ever change my gender to confuse people.

    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender offline, does it bother you?
    No, I really don't really have female or much female qualities about me. I think I have only been mistaken for a girl once and that was either at the end of last year or earlier this year when an old lady sad miss you dropped something cause I had long hair for my standards and apparently hers as well. So I just smiled and said "Thanks but I am a guy *chuckle*".
     
    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender online, does it bother you?
    Nope, it'll be hard for someone to think i'm a guy
    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender offline, does it bother you?
    Of course! But that would probably be a joke :)
     
    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender online, does it bother you?
    Not at all. A username and an avatar is very little to go on when determining gender over the Internet. I just correct them and laugh it off.

    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender offline, does it bother you?
    It used to. It's only happened to me once, and that was because I was calling out to someone from behind a bus seat. My voice is neither deep nor annoyingly high-pitched, so I could see how someone might not recognize my gender right away. These days I wouldn't be bothered by it; I would only suggest that whoever makes such a mistake face-to-face should get their eyes checked, because visually I'm pretty damn feminine.
     
    I hate it when people think I am a dude. What's the deal with that? Am I subtly giving off the wrong impression somewhere?
     
    Online, not at all. I'd find it kind of funny, actually. Offline, I would be offended, yeah. I like to think that I'm pretty obviously female and anyone who thinks otherwise clearly needs their eyes checked or something. XD It's never actually happened to me before, nor is it something I worry about anyway.
     
    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender online, does it bother you?
    My username rules out that possibility, but if it actually happens, I don't care and I will correct them.

    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender offline, does it bother you?
    Again that possibility tends to null, seeing as I actually have the qualities and features of an actual man. Nothing in my appearance, behavior or voice may lead someone to believe otherwise.
     
    I can't imagine how anybody could possibly confuse my gender irl, so I'd probably just laugh at them for being blind. lol

    Online, It'd still be pretty tough to confuse me with a girl, but I guess if someone didn't know me, and heard me talking about a guy or something, they might assume I was a girl.

    (Sorry I did them backwards. lol)
     
    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender online, does it bother you?
    Nah, in fact, I would laugh hysterically at it. XD Partially because I constantly misinterpret people's genders, so it would be funny to have it happen to me. ^__^

    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender offline, does it bother you?
    I don't see how someone could...so if someone did, I would probably laugh it off, again. ^__^ Either that or think someone needed their eyes checked...>__>
     
    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender online, does it bother you?
    It doesn't bother me; it's the internet, and I laugh about it.

    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender offline, does it bother you?
    It's not difficult to confuse me with being a girl. I actually enjoy it some, one reason being that I don't aim to look masculine. Heck, I'd sometimes confuse myself if it weren't for my clothes and third leg.
     
    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender online, does it bother you?
    Yes o.o I'm nothing like a guy, my username + avatar are so girly and my profile is really girly too :/

    If someone mistakes you for the wrong gender offline, does it bother you?
    It is almost IMPOSSIBLE to mistake my gender offline as my voice is quite high pitched and sound nothing like a guy's and I look nothing like a guy @_@ But yeah, if someone ever called me a guy I'd probably skin them alive and break their arm or something like that.
     
    Online? It used to bother me a lot when I was younger. Now it just amuses me cause I'm very so obviously female that I can't quite fathom how they came to think of me as male.

    Offline? If it ever happened I think it would bother me, because again- so very obviously female. But the reason it would bother me offline is that offline we are judged more on physical appearance than attitude and behaviour, and if you're thinking I'm a boy... gosh you must be like... blind. I dunno, it's almost offensive to me that you would call me male. I revel in my blatant femininity.
     
    Honestly I don't mind if someone mistakes my gender as a female online. I like to think of myself as both male and female anyways. In real life, well I tend to come off as more of a guy though so I would be more surprised if I were to mistaken for a female. I mean one time since I had my hoodie on I was mistaken for a girl, not like I cared to be honest. xD
     
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