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[King DZA]

I'm sure that no one could guess from what I wrote above. Unless I gave them two chances.

Male.

[TSTwizby]

Reasoning?

[darkrider2]

Reasoning?

Cause there are only men on the internet?

[Descan]

Truth be told, if I could run around in a dress/kilt/whatever without being arrested, I probably would.

I like going around the house in a bathrobe, but it's not exactly outside attire.

Uh... Where do you live that you would be arrested for that?

[TSTwizby]

Reasoning?

Cause there are only men on the internet?

No bad reasoning. Only good reasoning allowed.

As a side note, I think the same applies to all societal constructs, and to a certain extent to society itself. Whether political terms like 'democrat' or 'republican', or more socially oriented things like 'feminist' or 'middle class', any possible inferences made from the use of those terms depends, not just partially, but entirely on inferrer's perception of said group and can therefore can only result in prejudice. As Frumple said back at the begining, human is human, and more generally people are themselves, not your perception of them, no matter how much simpler life would be that way.

[Descan]

I would say you are a male because a lot of what you stated that defines you is kind of the opposite-but-still-included in typical modern masculinity. I.E. you were trying to emphasize the traits that stereotype your gender that you break/subvert.

I could be wrong.

[TSTwizby]

Really? I honestly was just sort of picking randomly there. I guess the cooking/hating sports things, maybe the comment about pacifist runs rather than omnicidal runs.

[penguinofhonor]

It was the shorts and a tee shirt thing that made me pretty certain you were a guy.

[TSTwizby]

Now that I really don't get...

[kaijyuu]

This is a predominantly male hangout, so even if you gave 0 clues, male would be the best bet.

[TSTwizby]

True enough. Still don't get the T-shirt/shorts thing though. I didn't realize that was a male thing.

[penguinofhonor]

95% of men I know would say they wear a tee shirt and shorts for comfort. No women I know would just wear that all the time, and none of them would wear clothing exclusively for comfort.

This is because the consequences of being an unfashionable woman are significantly harsher than those for an unfashionable man.

[MaximumZero]

95% of men I know would say they wear a tee shirt and shorts for comfort.

Hell, I'm doing that right now!

[Heron TSG]

I've been doing that for weeks!

[penguinofhonor]

In addition (and I may be getting into a little more sensitive territory here), I tend to view this sort of attitude

I've never understood why people think this sort of thing is a big deal. Or even a thing at all really.

It's all just me being me. I'm not sure whether I've revealed my sex or gender anywhere, but I'm sure that no one could guess from what I wrote above. Unless I gave them two chances.

as a more masculine one. The sort of thing where someone is not only dismissing something as a social construct but using that as reasoning to dismiss its influence (as your point seemed to be that typical masculine ideals did not affect your interests). This is something I don't see women doing often as oppressed groups must recognize the power that even social constructs have, as that power is most often used against them.

I don't mean any of this as insulting, just pointing out that you might take your masculinity for granted.