On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Nicole Zimmerman wrote:
> Vinnie wrote:
>
> > <grin> You'd think having a (female) friend named vinnie would cure you of
> > this automatic gender assignation
>
> It drives me nuts to have my name spelled wrong, let alone have someone
> assume it's of a different gender... I can't imagine how you deal with it
> (other than getting used to it, like having your name spelled wrong ;o)).
Then again, some of us *choose* names that will deliberately confuse
people. ;) I'd rather play with people's assumptions about what
"male" and "female" mean. What better way for someone to question
their assumptions about gender than for them to assume I'm male
because I'm a technical person, then find out otherwise?
srl
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Shane R. Landrum [EMAIL PROTECTED]
i just wanna walk through my life unarmed
to accept and just get by like my father learned to do
without all the acceptance and getting by that got my father through -AD
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