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I've seen women who do email support roles use an invented persona with a man's name. The one time I asked, the person explained that when they used their own

by dekhn 4y ago

I've seen women who do email support roles use an invented persona with a man's name. The one time I asked, the person explained that when they used their own name, they received a fair amount of unwanted attention which went away when they switched to a man's name.

daveguy 4y ago
What industry, if you don't mind me asking?
- dekhn 4y ago
  pretty much the same one as GISAID- there are a bunch of people who do email support for genomics databases. Also cloud email support and tech documentation
to11mtm 4y ago
I remember a conversation with my (now) Ex-wife when we started playing an MMO together regarding her nickname; They would use a name that was vaguely ambiguous on gender but was far more likely to be considered Male than female, and it was for similar-ish reasons. They would still get some harassers occasionally (usually someone who found out they were female in guild chat... which was thankfully dealt with swiftly by leaders. [0]) [0]- Which, semi-related to the topic, was often instigated by finding out they were my partner!
- sdze 4y ago
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  - dang 4y ago
    You can't do this here. As you've been posting quite a few flamebait and/or unsubstantive comments, I've banned the account. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
- mutagen 4y ago
  Along these lines, nearly 20 years ago in World of Warcraft I made a female human character with a slightly unconventional combination of features and received gender related comments on the character's appearance by the time the character got to Westfall (relatively low level area).
revelio 4y ago
How is that in any way related to the accusations here, in which a man is accused of using a man's name?

by dekhn 4y ago

daveguy 4y ago

What industry, if you don't mind me asking?

dekhn 4y ago
pretty much the same one as GISAID- there are a bunch of people who do email support for genomics databases. Also cloud email support and tech documentation

to11mtm 4y ago

I remember a conversation with my (now) Ex-wife when we started playing an MMO together regarding her nickname; They would use a name that was vaguely ambiguous on gender but was far more likely to be considered Male than female, and it was for similar-ish reasons. They would still get some harassers occasionally (usually someone who found out they were female in guild chat... which was thankfully dealt with swiftly by leaders. [0]) [0]- Which, semi-related to the topic, was often instigated by finding out they were my partner!

sdze 4y ago
[flagged]
- dang 4y ago
  You can't do this here. As you've been posting quite a few flamebait and/or unsubstantive comments, I've banned the account. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
mutagen 4y ago
Along these lines, nearly 20 years ago in World of Warcraft I made a female human character with a slightly unconventional combination of features and received gender related comments on the character's appearance by the time the character got to Westfall (relatively low level area).

revelio 4y ago

How is that in any way related to the accusations here, in which a man is accused of using a man's name?