(March 24, 2015 at 7:58 pm)Dystopia Wrote: The internet assumes often that the person on the other side of the screen is a male, it is a slightly sexist thought due to many factors, namely that (1) Men are more attracted to technology and computers (2) Men are better English speakers (non natives) - At least in my country evidence has been shown and it's partly due to a higher number of English sources and child products marketed towards boys (3) In this case, atheism is widely associated with white males like Dawkins so it's harder to think of a female atheist - When I came here I assumed everybody was a male
I assumed Norm was female based firstly on screenname, secondly on language usage. There was nothing else involved in the guess.