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Re: Male or Female

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:45 pm
by Sleet
MilesKingford wrote:I always found it odd why there aren't more women in the furry fandom. What is it about this subculture that attracts men but not women?[/color]
There are more than you think. Just not in the places the guys go.

MFF was more female than pretty much any subset of furries I've ever seen.
TensaZangetsu wrote:
FlintTheSquirrel wrote:
zeldakeeper wrote:I prefer male company to female so this isn't really a problem for me :D
Maybe this is part of the reason I like this place so much? No offense or I hope that did not come out wrong, just never had much of a good history with befriending females. ^^;
To keep more on topic, a lot of the people here do act a bit feminine, which is great because that tends to mean they are much more considerate. ^^
There has been 3 people that I have thought were Female for the longest time until they told me otherwise.
Yes, it's is hard to befriend girls, and some turn out to be Psycho's and Abusive.... So abusive
(・_・;
Excuse me?! How is that any different from males? If we hear one more sexist word from your mouth you are going on vacation, do you understand me?
CaptainPea wrote:I think part of the "no girls on the internet thing" is a vicious cycle. When a girl shows up someplace on the internet she isn't expected, people immediately act surprised, or at least mention that they weren't expecting girls. Considering most people don't like to feel like they're being observed as an alien, they stay away from places where they think being a girl will make them strange. If I showed up someplace and people first reactions were consistently "Wow, a boy? Here? In this place?", I'd get annoyed and embarrassed and not come back. I'm no sociologist, but that's just my two cents, which can be summarized as "the fact persists partially because the idea persists".
That's pretty much how it works. Girls are met with either harassment, hitting-on, white knighting, or surprise, to the point where they always feel like outsiders. Whereas the guys are treated like they're nothing special so they feel at home.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:06 pm
by TensaZangetsu
...
I'm sorry.
...
I'll stop talking now...

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:02 pm
by Sleet
TensaZangetsu wrote:...
I'm sorry.
...
I'll stop talking now...
Don't stop talking. Stop talking before you think, alright?

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:03 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Sleet wrote:
TensaZangetsu wrote:...
I'm sorry.
...
I'll stop talking now...
Don't stop talking. Stop talking before you think, alright?
or rather, start thinking before you talk. either way.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:00 pm
by The Grey Wolverine
As you should be aware my not, I am not Female.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:38 pm
by Beagle
Sleet wrote:
CaptainPea wrote:I think part of the "no girls on the internet thing" is a vicious cycle. When a girl shows up someplace on the internet she isn't expected, people immediately act surprised, or at least mention that they weren't expecting girls. Considering most people don't like to feel like they're being observed as an alien, they stay away from places where they think being a girl will make them strange. If I showed up someplace and people first reactions were consistently "Wow, a boy? Here? In this place?", I'd get annoyed and embarrassed and not come back. I'm no sociologist, but that's just my two cents, which can be summarized as "the fact persists partially because the idea persists".
That's pretty much how it works. Girls are met with either harassment, hitting-on, white knighting, or surprise, to the point where they always feel like outsiders. Whereas the guys are treated like they're nothing special so they feel at home.
Yeah, no kidding. I've considered leaving certain male-dominated websites because of rumors being spread about me, or random people hitting on me and not stopping when I've flat-out told them not to. Not to mention that I get attacked almost every time some guy goes through a bad break-up or has bad relations with any gal in his life; apparently just because I'm a female, that makes me absolutely no different from someone I've never even met and most likely do not resemble at all.

It sometimes gets to the point where I seriously just want to yell at somebody. But then I stop and think, "Wait, I'm the better person. Hahahaha. Haters gonna hate."

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:52 pm
by Therolyn
I have often been mistaken as female on certain areas of the net. I'll make sure its straight here, I'm a guy. Might not be the most masculine guy out there but if you ever heard my voice you probably would not deny it.

I remember a female gamer I made friends with online a couple of years ago who immediately thought that I was female for many months without even asking my gender. Then one day in a conservation I actually realized that she was referring to me as female and decided to correct it. We drifted apart shortly afterwards.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:44 am
by Wanderer
I recall people referring to me as both. I think its pretty obvious to discern my sex but I'll leave room for some interpretation.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:50 am
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
I'm really surprised at how many "unknown"s we have.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 1:24 am
by Sleet
I am too. Senator_Sunburst is the only person I know of besides myself who keeps his gender secret and she hasn't even been around for a while!

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 2:27 am
by Seth
I am a male
(duh)
Beagle wrote:
Yeah, no kidding. I've considered leaving certain male-dominated websites because of rumors being spread about me, or random people hitting on me and not stopping when I've flat-out told them not to. Not to mention that I get attacked almost every time some guy goes through a bad break-up or has bad relations with any gal in his life; apparently just because I'm a female, that makes me absolutely no different from someone I've never even met and most likely do not resemble at all.

It sometimes gets to the point where I seriously just want to yell at somebody. But then I stop and think, "Wait, I'm the better person. Hahahaha. Haters gonna hate."
It amazes me how thick headed guys on the internet can be.
It's like logical thought just shuts down........

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 4:12 am
by Zukio
Just went and read the entire topic... Woo!
Found out some things I never knew. Like transparency... or like Kyderra being a guy!
And decided that it would be nice to have a Sleet-like gender, but I flipped a coin instead... And it landed on it's side... :?
So I decided my gender is Pie. The breakdown is 87% Pie, 6% Q, and 7% Male. π for short

By the way I was wondering who was comforting The Game in this video :lol: : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwS-__e4b7g
Also why was Kyderra promoting being a girl as the top comment...

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 1:53 pm
by zeldakeeper
TensaZangetsu wrote:
FlintTheSquirrel wrote:
zeldakeeper wrote:I prefer male company to female so this isn't really a problem for me :D
Maybe this is part of the reason I like this place so much? No offense or I hope that did not come out wrong, just never had much of a good history with befriending females. ^^;
To keep more on topic, a lot of the people here do act a bit feminine, which is great because that tends to mean they are much more considerate. ^^
There has been 3 people that I have thought were Female for the longest time until they told me otherwise.
Yes, it's is hard to befriend girls, and some turn out to be Psycho's and Abusive.... So abusive
(・_・;

I'm guessing you've never talked to a girl in your life before, I can see why if you say things like that.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 1:56 pm
by Rhyzer
RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:I'm really surprised at how many "unknown"s we have.
Some people perhaps wish to remain incognito of their genders to the general public. Nevertheless, it is quite surprising.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 2:31 pm
by FlintTheSquirrel
But what would it matter if they chose their correct gender? The list does not really tell you who chose what. ^^; I am still confused by that.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 2:58 pm
by TensaZangetsu
zeldakeeper wrote:

I'm guessing you've never talked to a girl in your life before, I can see why if you say things like that.
... I live in a house full of girls
My family is mostly make up of girls
And I know countless girls at school.
... Can we please not continue this, I've had enough grief from yesterday

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 7:49 am
by Chaplin
Girls don't exist.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 4:11 pm
by The Grey Wolverine
Am I the only one who finds the amount of girls funny to the amount of unknowns?

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 4:06 am
by Sleet
Chaplin wrote:Girls don't exist.
I realize this is a joke, but please. Even these kinds of jokes scare girls off.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 2:36 pm
by Foxstar
I'm a bird.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 5:42 pm
by Dissension
Birds don't exist.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 5:45 pm
by FlintTheSquirrel
Dissension wrote:Birds don't exist.
I realize this is a joke, but please. Even these kinds of jokes scare birds off.

Sorry, just felt like that was expected so I wanted to do so. ^^;

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:41 pm
by The Grey Wolverine
Joke's don't exist

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:59 pm
by TensaZangetsu
I realize this is a joke, but please. Even these kinds of jokes scare off Serious people

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:21 pm
by Sleet
FlintTheSquirrel wrote:
Dissension wrote:Birds don't exist.
I realize this is a joke, but please. Even these kinds of jokes scare birds off.
I realize this is a joke, but please. Even these kinds of jokes scare iterative humor fans off.

Nah, you're just using the wrong font*. Here, lemme try.

Back on topic, you guys.

*Do not actually try to use that font for that purpose. That's our job.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:30 pm
by Dissension
Indeed, please make a stronger effort to stay on topic. Additionally, please don't mini-mod. If you see a post that breaks the rules, you should report it instead of talking about how it is bad.

It's been so long since I've said this that I daresay it bears repeating: I'm a boy.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:33 pm
by The Grey Wolverine
I AM A MAN! *punches person in the gut*

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:35 pm
by TensaZangetsu
I'm a guy, yet I still get mistaken for a girl on the IRC cause of my fursona name.
How can you mistake me for a girl even after I repeatedly started IM A GUY!

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:40 pm
by FlintTheSquirrel
Well to be fair, you named your character exactly to the name of a Female Character on a game for a time, and anyone who just meet you might guess you are. But yea, I would not say you are all to feminine. I hope that is not a mean comment, hard to tell. .-.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:45 pm
by TensaZangetsu
FlintTheSquirrel wrote:Well to be fair, you named your character exactly to the name of a Female Character on a game for a time, and anyone who just meet you might guess you are. But yea, I would not say you are all to feminine. I hope that is not a mean comment, hard to tell. .-.
If I were a girl, I'd be the strangest one ever.(I honestly would be....)
And this doesn't sound mean to me.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:17 am
by Russiarules1
I'm a guy.
Now, if you excuse me, I'll get some cereal.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:11 am
by KJOokami
I like cereal.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:25 pm
by Sleet
KJOokami wrote:I like cereal.
Post of the year. :P

I assume that means you're a boy.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:22 pm
by yehoshua
Women don't like cereal? I'm sorry, that's the impression hat your comment gave me Sleet.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:04 pm
by Chaplin
yehoshua wrote:Women don't like cereal? I'm sorry, that's the impression hat your comment gave me Sleet.
They love it.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:11 pm
by Sleet
Women hate cereal, man.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:22 pm
by FlintTheSquirrel
Hmm, my sister loves Cereal.
Simplest breakfast to make and can vary in taste depending on what one you choose.
Dun think there is any gender related stereotype on that?

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:13 pm
by Sleet
There aren't. I'm just being a silly fox.

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:28 pm
by TigerStryk
I'm a dude. That is all. *flies away*

Re: Male or Female

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:01 pm
by Russiarules1
Sigh, I remember when my sister and I ate breakfast together. We always ate cereal and watch cartoons after.
Good times...
(I D3rped my grammar, didn't I?)