From: srl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"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
be
"Rockwell, Christi" wrote:
> I've found in certain forums it's helpful to have ambiguous names. People
> tend to make assumptions about your background or beliefs based on gender.
> I remember one person on alt.abortion trying desperately to figure out
> whether I was male or female.
>
> My kids
abs wrote:
> Don't you think gender-neutral naming is a
> patch/bandaid on the greater
> issue of stereotype and bias? This is not a critisism.
In publishing my (few) scientific articles, I have often
wondered if I should publish under initials or under my
full name. There are a number of studi
Hello,
Jennifer Steinbachs wrote:
> abs wrote:
> > Don't you think gender-neutral naming is a
> > patch/bandaid on the greater
> > issue of stereotype and bias? This is not a critisism.
> In publishing my (few) scientific articles, I have often
> wondered if I should publish under initials or und
Jennifer Steinbachs wrote:
> In publishing my (few) scientific articles, I have often
> wondered if I should publish under initials or under my
> full name. There are a number of studies (I don't have
> the refs. off the top of my head) demonstrating that
> papers with obvious female names are l
On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Alexander Sendzimir wrote:
> Don't you think gender-neutral naming is a patch/bandaid on the
> greater issue of stereotype and bias? This is not a critisism. I'm
> making an observation.
Absolutely.
But I also think that letting people make their assumptions (based on
stere
On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Jennifer Steinbachs wrote:
> On the other hand, does one really want to hide behind
> initials? And then, sooner or later, people will know
> the name that goes with those initials...
Definetly, but most people, most of the time, are working on unconcious
bias. While there
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, srl wrote:
> 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
