As one additional data point to consider, anyone who has had their information posted to any of the job boards, or ever submitted once to a consulting company,

As one additional data point to consider, anyone who has had their information posted to any of the job boards, or ever submitted once to a consulting company, gets dozens of solicitations a day where it is obvious that the person (if not robo mailer) saw a keyword and thought it wouldn't cost anything to send a "personal" request for you to reply. Even if you are a 100% match you often won't hear anything back. Given that, I can't say I'm surprised that many people feel that what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander...