Why does everyone think I'm a man?

[Mobius]

I'm serious. When people refer to me in posts, it's always "dude" or "man". My name is after a mathemetician. Let me say it here, once and for all:
I AM WOMAN, HEAR ME ROAR!
Think woman....breasts, female genitalia, smooth skin. Some of us do have opinions you know:shrug:

[SHRED]

1. Stop it

"Think woman....breasts, female genitalia, smooth skin."

I am getting worked up.

[Insider]

2. LOL yes ma'am

excellent

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

3. Oh my

I didn't know you were a woman. It's happened to me before too, before I put my name in my sigline.

SORRY

[Mobius]

5. sorry, I didnt mean to yell,

but it's in my profile. No one ever looks at those, do they?

[librechik]

4. "us" is a masculine suffix in the original latin

You should call yourself "Mobia" if you want to be sure everyone knows you're feminine. It's a subtle thing, but I bet that is your answer.

If you wanna be REALLY sure, call yourself "Mobichik" (joke)

[Mobius]

9. Ive never heard of the "Moebia Strip"

thank you for your heartfelt advice:)

[Whitacre D_WI]

12. Or the labius...

...:P

Dude, that's pretty funny, man.

[BootinUp]

6. you're killin me... softly :)

[comradebillyboy]

7. cuz we cant see your

breasts, smooth skin and female genitalia on line.

now we know

[RC]

8. Got a pix.

so we will remember. We men are visual ya know. :evilgrin:

[Mobius]

10. how did I know that was coming?

:eyes:

[supernova]

11. LOL, Mobius!

:D

I've gotten that to. In fact if I didn't make the occasional JD or PMS reference, I'd bet most people wouldn't know my gender. In off-line life, I tend to put a lot of women off because I have a pretty masculine communication style: no chit-chat, simple declarative sentences.

Do you experience something similar? Just curious.

I love your screenname, very chic. :D

[Mobius]

14. yes, I feel that alot of people are intimidated by me

:cry:

[supernova]

16. Aww. Here's a hug for you

:hug: Sometimes I :cry: too.

Please realize it's NOT you. Please let yourself off the hook. It's really about our society's expectations of what a "woman" is. That includes being very publicly open and.... well....."feely." I mean very emotionally demonstrative, perhaps is a better way to say it.

I'm very reserved in public, at least until you get to know me, then I'm as open as with any family member. So I've learned to be patient with myself, even if others sometimes aren't. I do take a lot of guff about it in our gregarious culture.

Anyway, what I've learned is I can choose at certain appropriate times to highlight those aspects of myself that are usually hidden to others. That way I do come across as more accessible.

Again, :hug: to you. The Loungs is a fun place to express yourself.

:grouphug: for the Lounge.

[Mobius]

21. It is a daily struggle

But I have discovered Johnny Depp, and he shields me from all evil :7

[pagerbear]

31. I'm not intimidated

Mobeleh, you can do no wrong in my book after creating those wonderful avatars for me!

[LuLu550]

13. OK, Lady

what I want to know is, do you do the "Mobius Strip?"

[Mobius]

15. what do you mean?

Is that the name of some weird new designer drug, or something?:shrug:

[LuLu550]

27. Isn't it one of those things we made in HS math?

You took a strip of paper, curled it into a figure 8 and stapled it to make the infinity sign....the teachers called it a mobius strip. Not a naked dance, not a drug....a math thing.
My attempt at a lame math joke. Can you tell I'm mathmatically challenged???? :crazy:

[BlueJazz]

17. Well, your posts are always so intelligent and insightful

....I just assumed you were a man. ....Ouch!!

[Mobius]

19. is that supposed to irritate me?

O were you TRYING to prove my point? :shrug:

[BlueJazz]

50. No ....I was acting the part of a sexist pig.

I despise them (sexist pigs) so much I enjoy making fun of them.
Just my warped sense of humor. :)

[Mobius]

56. u played the part very well

:P

[Kamika]

18. I say Dude and man to everyone

It's like..

dude you're weird..

or

Man, Im tired

[HEyHEY]

20. "Think woman....breasts, female genitalia, smooth skin."

I don't believe you...let's see a picture of those things!

;-) just my male genes acting out.

[Mobius]

22. they dont have women in Canada?

:shrug:

[HEyHEY]

23. Not where I am

Or at least that is my observation so far.

[pagerbear]

35. Where in Canada is that?

It's legal for me to marry a Canadian. Well, one in Ontario.

[HEyHEY]

44. IN a place I like to call "THe ICebox"

Southern Alberta...there are SOME girls. But they are already married..the ones who aren't left town long ago.

[Redneck Socialist]

24. Definitely the screen name.

Mobius just sound masculine to me. Must be that Latin thing that one other poster mentioned.

[Mobius]

25. It is also one of my cats names

Mobius is also a SURNAME. Im sure his wife's last name was Mobius too.

[Dudley_DUright]

26. While we are on the subject of unwarranted assumptions,

why does everyone assume that I live in Canada? Granted, I use to be in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but now I am enjoying a quiet retirement in FL with Nell (and Horse of course). :-)

[camero]

28. Might have something to do with Batboy.

:shrug:

[citizen snips]

29. "Think woman....breasts, female genitalia, smooth skin".

That is not hard to think of.:evilgrin:

[CanuckAmok]

30. Geez, when do I not?

n/t

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

32. Same problem Clete had (now Cleita)

It just has to do with endings. Typically "us" is the ending of a male name. And "a" is the ending of a female name.

[Catshrink]

33. I have a friend, a guy, who uses the name Mobius.

Is it an Everquest thing? Anyway, because he's a guy, I automatically thought you were too. Guess that's guilt by association.

I've got it now: the DU Mobius is female.

[Rabrrrrrr]

34. Because Mobius, the artist, is a male

:-)

Thanks for letting us know you are woman, and for letting us hear your roar!

[Goldberg]

36. I think this is a man...

I, however, don't think you are.

[Liberal Christian]

39. Aw, geeeeeeeeeeeeeeez

WARN us when you're going to put a picture of THAT up where everyone can see it!!!

[oneighty]

37. I always thought you a one sided person!

Now I do not think that anymore.

I once wrote a poem on a Mobius Strip..It went on and on and on and on.

Female! Soft skin and that other stuff. Dreams are made of those things!

Sigh.

180

[GOPisEvil]

38. I saw your picture.

So, I knew. :-)

[cally]

40. I had checked your profile once

so I knew. ;-) I agree I thought you were a man because of the us ending. I saw a post that implied you were female so I checked your profile.

[IronLionZion]

41. you're an attractive woman

from looking at your pic on hotornot. I would recommend putting something in your sig to let them know you're a woman.

[private_ryan]

42. Look bro

they just thought that becuase of your name

[gator_in_Ontario]

43. The danger of assumptions

I assumed you were male...I plead guilty. You go girl!:yourock:

[Mobius]

45. kicking

for sh*ts and giggles :kick:

[slinkerwink]

46. did someone say breasts?

[AlFrankenFan]

47. LOL I AM ALSO A WOMAN

And people don't know it! :wtf: hehe

[Jackhammer Jesus]

48. I never thought you were a man.

But you intimidate me nonetheless!

In a good way, though. :D

[POed_Ex_Repub]

49. To be honest, I don't really think about it

The English language tends to be gender biased toward the male as you look back through HIStory. I knew you were female from you hot or not pic (I gave you a 10 because DUers all get 10's from me :) ) but when it comes to typed conversation, unless gender is a central topic or related to it, it's all the same to me.

I do know how you feel though. I've been called ma'am on the phone before. (my wife still makes fun of that)

[furrylitldevil]

51. You want embarrassing?

Someone asked me if I was a furry, honest question, but how does someone respond to that without a resounding NO!

[furrylitldevil]

52. How 'bout that

My first big milestone. 100th post talking about how I'm not a furry. :silly:

[populistmom]

53. Back hair?

Okay, I'm sorry. I oozing with naughty sarcasm tonight. The only way here to show you're a woman is:

1. have a name with "mom" in it
2. have a name with "goddess" in it
3. have a female name as your username (but that's not always true either as I remember AmyStrange who was a man)

[LastKnight]

54. wasnt the mathemetician a man?

and didnt he come up with the mobius strip? that one sided thing?

-LK

[Mobius]

57. yes

I admire a mathemetician. so?
Is it that hard to click a profile Icon?:shrug:

[Piperay]

55. I'm a woman too but

I often am referred to as a male here. :argh: :shrug:

[Mobius]

58. nice sig line

sister:)