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[ChairmanPoo]

It's because of the pink avatar. There was a guy in another forum who was repeatedly thought of as a woman because of the same thing. (He did not like it one bit)

For the record, I didn't think of you as a woman, but then again, I'm not too certain to what extent I ascribe gender to people online, without having a statement from them one way or the other...

[Gunner-Chan]

I usually don't attach a gender until someone says it for sure. And when they do I just stick with it until they say otherwise. I personally feel gender and sex are two different sides of the coin so to speak, one being physical and one being mental.

[ECrownofFire]

I don't really care about gender unless I'm using pronouns because English is dumb and doesn't have neutral pronouns. Then I usually only use them when I know their gender 100%, or I just skip use of pronouns and just use their username.

[ChairmanPoo]

English is dumb and doesn't have neutral pronouns.

Yes it does: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/it

(granted, as Asimov noted thirty years ago, it's not too adequate when talking about people)

[Urist Imiknorris]

I don't know of anyone who likes being referred to as "it."

[TheBronzePickle]

There's been those who have pushed for the common use of "them" and subforms as a singular pronoun for gender-nonspecific purposes to become official. Perhaps we could start lending our weight to that change to the lexicon.

[Corneria]

Gender neutral he and singular they are both widely accepted.

[scriver]

They or them as singularis sounds damn strange to my ears and tongue, really. Can you really use them like that?

[Willfor]

They or them as singularis sounds damn strange to my ears and tongue, really. Can you really use them like that?

You can if you want to. It sounds a little uppity, but I've used it to some good effect in the past. (I sounded uppity while doing it though)

[Vector]

Gender neutral he

I don't like this one much, for obvious reasons.

[sluissa]

@Truean: <3 <3 <3  She's back and kicking ass!

*Applause!*

[scriver]

Gender neutral he

I don't like this one much, for obvious reasons.

What about a gender neutral "man"?

[GlyphGryph]

I found this interesting:
http://illinois.edu/db/view/25/31097

[ChairmanPoo]

How about "hur" and "mur" respectively?

[Gunner-Chan]

I propose we call everyone fish before we find the gender.

Since fish are tasty.