Non-Fic Have you pretended to be the other sex online?

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Have you ever pretended to be the opposite sex online?

  1. Yes, I'm biologically male, and I do it because I'm transgender

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    1.7%
  2. Yes, I'm male, and I present as female literally all the time!

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    0.8%
  3. Yes, I'm male, and I do it on a regular basis!

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    2.5%
  4. Yes, I'm male, and I do it occasionally if I feel like it

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    16.9%
  5. Yes, I'm male, and I've done it once or twice

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    12.7%
  6. Yes, I'm male, and I've thought about it but never done it

    15 vote(s)
    12.7%
  7. Yes, I'm male, and there's no way I'd ever do that!

    19 vote(s)
    16.1%
  8. Yes, I'm biologically female, and I do it because I'm transgender

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  9. Yes, I'm female, and I present as male literally all the time!

    1 vote(s)
    0.8%
  10. Yes, I'm female, and I do it on a regular basis!

    3 vote(s)
    2.5%
  11. Yes, I'm female, and I do it occasionally if I feel like it

    10 vote(s)
    8.5%
  12. Yes, I'm female, and I've done it once or twice

    8 vote(s)
    6.8%
  13. Yes, I'm female, and I've thought about it but never done it

    3 vote(s)
    2.5%
  14. Yes, I'm female, and there's no way I'd ever do that!

    1 vote(s)
    0.8%
  15. Decline to answer

    17 vote(s)
    14.4%
  1. Finalbeta

    Finalbeta Science Nerd

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    No, I don't find any amusement in trolling xd
     
  2. GDLiZy

    GDLiZy Wise Deepsea Mermaid

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    I just never talk about my information in game and almost at all time silently playing. So, up to their imagination, I guess.
     
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  3. avatarivn

    avatarivn Member

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    Nope. My profile info says male and "what you see is what you get"
    No point in it, since I might have to clarify later if I ever make a friend online.
     
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  4. Yamatohime

    Yamatohime Well-Known Member

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    Gokigen'you... :p
    I pretended to be the opposite gender several times out of curiosity for how long I can keep my pretending work. Both MMO and forums... After my experience with it I came to conclusion that there are no males and females in internet, only net-lurkers.
     
  5. Donutmindme

    Donutmindme [dounut][Zodiac:Golden snake][PROcrastinator]

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    When I’m on some place online, ppl just often mistake me for a guy. I mostly don’t correct them jus’ to see how it play out. *shrug*
    But I let them think what they wanna think.
     
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  6. mir

    mir Well-Known Member

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    I had a similar experience on a different chat thing. There were interesting/fun conversations that I wanted to join, but I noticed that whenever someone said they were a girl they'd get bombarded with attention and/or harassment or requests for boob pics and the whole interesting conversation would get buried and forgotten.
    So even when the question came up I just stayed silent and let people assume I was a guy.

    The ironic thing is, later on I found out that saying "yes, I'm a girl" was the best way to pretend to be a guy on that chat because nobody would believe you. They'd only respond with something like: "yeah I believe you, you're definitely a G.I.R.L., guy in real life lol" or "at least put more effort into faking it". They would only believe the over-the-top imitations of cutesy girls with sparkly pink type avi's (who usually turned out to be guys).

    The internet is weird.
     
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  7. doomeye1337

    doomeye1337 /人◕ ‿‿ ◕人\ Incubator, the messenger of magic~

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    i think that there is an argument for gender performance theory, as misinterpreted as it has been lately. People believe in girly acting rather than real.

    Although I'm also pretty sure that some of the "skepticism" was merely a cover to ask the person in question to "prove" it with pics
     
  8. mir

    mir Well-Known Member

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    Hmmm, well they certainly did ask, but they didn't ask with much enthusiasm so I got the feeling it was just going through the same motions as always, and nothing to do with actually expecting to get any pics.
     
  9. doomeye1337

    doomeye1337 /人◕ ‿‿ ◕人\ Incubator, the messenger of magic~

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    hey, if someone told you there was a diamond in a small hill of hay, even if you might be discouraged from your 100th empty handful, you'll still resentfully keep searching! you underestimate the thirst! not to mention not seeming interested is reverse psychology on the level of negging ;p
     
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  10. AhoDesuGa

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    Yup bc I wanna troll my fellow girls. XD
     
  11. Spark Miku Miku

    Spark Miku Miku Active Member

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    Rather, I don't try to act the opposite gender, people just assume and I rolled with it cause I didn't feel the need to correct with them.
    It was funny to watch sometimes though
     
  12. Silver Snake

    Silver Snake Magician of NUF|Show-off|Awkward|Genius

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    That's really depressing...
     
  13. Spnagi

    Spnagi Well-Known Member

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    Have you pretended to be the other sex online?
    Yes, I'm male, and there's no way I'd ever do that!

    What is the interest? Play a female character on game for fun ?