Do you think you can tell if a person is male or female from talking to them online?
If someone thinks that they can, would that make them a bad person?
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No, to both questions. You can only know what they tell you and online its easier to lie. I never have figured out if mushroom is male or female and I've even asked them point blank. Doesn't matter either way they're smart. Hmmm.... maybe it has to do with the 36000 sexes fungi have. I've personally seen people fake being a sex they aren't. As for the second part, if someone told you they were a specific sex and they lied to you, does that make you a bad person for believing them? No. But when someone brags about knowing who everyone is on here then calls that very user by the wrong gender I'm gonna laugh at that every time! Even if its me that does it!
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bostjan the adequate 🥉 It doesn't matter to me what gender anyone here is. I'm not here for anything other than asking, answering, and talking about questions. Even if I try not to assume a person is male or female or whatever, I notice what I consider to be generally masculine or feminine queues from them. Same thing happens with other websites and social media, or whatever. I'm sure that I'm not always correct about it, but it's something that I find interesting. -
Linda Joy For me the more I know about a person and the more we talk the better I am able to put my comments in a context they can understand, but many of my answers are generic and are not specifically tailored to the person asking the question. Many of the askers are no longer here anyway and the answers then will be for those who come later. But I am single and sometimes I flirt. Nothing serious, but after flirting with a woman (who had a male avatar) in a gaming forum for some time before finding out she was a she certainly taught me a lesson! I'm not into women! (not that there's anything wrong with that) But it does make a difference in how I respond to them. It also makes a difference if they are a first time visitor or an inexperienced child or someone who is genuinely mentally slow. But how I respond also includes their interests, whether they've been in the military, if they have children and the age of their children, and the level of their intelligence. Also if English is their second/learned language I will try to help them learn, rather than being a grammar Nazi. I usually reserve that for those that have done it to others, or people who have ticked me off. -
Jenny The Great ⭐ Linda Joy, quote: "No. But when someone brags about knowing who everyone is on here then calls that very user by the wrong gender I'm gonna laugh at that every time! Even if its me that does it!" If I changed my AB avatar and I told you I am Chuck Norris, would you believe me??? LOL, how funny! You don't know how to rationalize with others, since you have never met bostjan64 in person or talked on the phone to know his or her exact gender or HAVE YOU????????????????????? http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/3516022#a8843628 -
Linda Joy You don't know what you're talking about. You're not omnipotent. You don't know what I think or what I do or don't do. Its really pathetic of you to pick a fight over this.
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I don't think so. Today, there are different facts and interpretations for male and female. So with that in mind, I believe whatever persona is projected with a grain of salt. Nothing on online is fact LOL
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You have to be really smart to know. Creating a fake identity online is common for spamming, trolling, to protect your privacy and security across the internet and etc. There are no sure-fire ways to determine who has created a fake account, unless you investigate a person online with gender expression, which works effectively as an external representation of identity crafted through style, behavior and language.
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Sometimes yes. Women are usually more sensitive to colors, animals and flowers. They also say things like EEEW! when talking about guy things like war, death and blood.
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no its impossible to tell unless you talk to them in a video etc ..and nope it dont make them a bad person
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Given enough time it could maybe be figured out. The way people structure their answers to questions creates a sort of "body language" that can be detected. Hulk70156 gives a pretty good example in his answer. I can tell from his answers to questions that he is a male, and I can also ascertain that he and I are close to the same age. People give themselves away - it just takes time to pick up on it. Some never do.
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Depends on the person. If a bulldyke or sissyboy, then no...they will be well camouflaged...some you can't even tell when you see and hear them on the street. Unless you look for the Adams Apple, and even then a plastic surgeon can 'fix' that. Online some have 'tells' (as in gambling) one can use to deduce gender with reasonable accuracy, once interaction has reached a sufficient level of familiarity. Once saw a book written by a TLA ex-spook, that detailed a crash course in exactly that. Meant no doubt for the lonely hearts club, to avoid catfishing on Fakebook. No interest to me.
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No nor can you tell their age.
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No - and - No, that wouldn't make them a BAD person. It would make them a person who feels they have abilities superior to what they actually have.
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