Perhaps you're being downvoted because it's a tangent. It's a real phenomenon, though, and an interesting one. Of course there are many things that influence wh

Perhaps you're being downvoted because it's a tangent. It's a real phenomenon, though, and an interesting one. Of course there are many things that influence which parts of someone's full name get used, and if the tendency is a problem it's a trivial one compared to all the other problems that women face, but, yes, in general it would probably be a good idea to be more consistent in this respect. Vaguely related: J. K. Rowling's "real" full name is Joanne Rowling. The publisher "thought a book by an obviously female author might not appeal to the target audience of young boys". There's another famous (in the UK at least) computer scientist called Hopper: Andy Hopper. So "G.B.M. Hopper", perhaps? That would have more gravitas than "Andy"!