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Moreover, why would he even know in the first place?

• cocotino 10y ago
  Maybe because she had a female name?
• zo1 10y ago
  Perhaps she signed-off her email/post/comment with a female name? You know, it is perfectly reasonable to assume gender when the name is obvious. E.g. the odds of a person called "Samantha" being male are miniscule compared to it being a female. Because in both cases, "it" is a person we are talking about. We can't just erase gender. People think in gender, and they consequently speak it. I don't think twice about mentioning "some guy" commented on my post, for example. Just the other day I decided to be even and refer to a hypothetical person by using "s/he", and even got called out on it.
• redbergy 10y ago
  If either of you bothered to read the thread before moving forward with your agendas you would have the answers to the questions you're asking[1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12232822 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12232822