That attitude/meme exists because a large portion of people who go out of their way to appear female on the internet are actually male. 5 years ago it was an e

That attitude/meme exists because a large portion of people who go out of their way to appear female on the internet are actually male. 5 years ago it was an extremely easy way to get free stuff in games. If you're representing yourself as a girl online, people will assume you're doing that specifically to get preferential treatment - of course stereotypes like that aren't universally true, but enough people do that to reflect negatively on anyone else. edit: this is mostly about gamers.