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Why should a gendered name invite more attention in any way? People are often given gendered names at birth, after all.

• justtopost 8y ago
  The game is gender agnostic. Dragging your personal identity into a game is a factor. JulieSmiles, Dankweedgamer666, and BeatlesFan1974 are all going to be treated differently.
  • fwip 8y ago
    JulianSmiles gets treated different than JuliaSmiles, though. That's the whole point of this research. "Dragging your personal identity in" only seems to apply when that identity is different than the assumed default (male), hmmm....
    • gbrown 8y ago
      exactly, some biases are showing here.