Quote:Really, I thought everybody knew you are female. Although everybody knows I am a woman now, the newbies we get every year wouldn't without the word woman in my username. When someone called me sir, my real name was in my signature. That is why I thought without the word woman, lady, or girl in my username, there will always be posters who think I am male. The "dub" does not mean female. It really does not mean anything. So to me it loses the part of my username that was the basis of creating it and, therefore, a loss of my identity. A nickname is supposed to be based on who you are, not take your identity away.


Think about the nicknames some NFL guys have or had. Jake the Snake, Cadillac, Slash, Pinball, Superman, Banger, A-Train, Babin the Barber, Colt KIller, Mean Joe Greene, Johnny Football, and maybe Bortles Kombat were all based on what players did during games. The Refrigerator was based on the player overeating throughout his career. Jdub has the opposite effect by removing the word woman.

I don't think you ever under think anything, but I do think you are putting a little too much thought into this... maybe it's just me, but unless I read something completely ridiculous, I don't even look who posted it... if you think people take you more or less seriously based on your gender, or even really care what your gender is in the first place, I would say you are making a mistake... at least on this boar, I would hope most people who read this board just read for content, not to see who posted what.

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