(July 12, 2015 at 3:06 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Yeah... it's a little late for me to change my identity after almost three years here and being staff. I do notice I'm treated differently than other staff members at times; it might just be correlation, but maybe not.
You have the same sort of situation of a black person being treated differently. It may be an instance of bigotry, or, on some occasions, there might be some other cause, due to something specific about you. But I think it is safe to say that some of the difference in treatment you get is because you are identified as female. Probably most of it.
You have just given me an idea. If I were wanting to be a moderator at some site, I think it would be good to create a female online persona and then come down harder on the assholes who are sexist jerks. Of course, it would be making extra work for oneself, as there are plenty of sexist jerks in the world. I certainly would not object if you did that here, though as it is not my site, my opinion counts for nothing on such matters.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.