Poll: Have you ever been mistaken for the opposite gender?

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bootz

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When I moved to my new school in 8th grade
Some girl was passing back papers and called out whos "Danielle"
My name is Daniel, pretty embarassing for a new student.
After that I went by Dan
 

Tonythion

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All the time and I have short hair and some beard stubble, I don't even have a girlish figure. I have broad shoulders and a long torso and giant hands!

It was the worse in middle school. I had long hair so people always thought I was a girl, or gay...I got beat up a lot those days...HUUUR

and even as I got older I was mistaken for a small girl. Even though I'm nineteen I look like I'm twelve--somewhat. Also...I don't think I've hit puberty yet...I haven't grown any taller and the only real facial hair I have is chin stubble...my voice you can't tell if I'm a man or woman on the phone.

It's like nature didn't know which route to take when making me and said well crap...let's just split you down the middle yes?
 

Lullabye

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Tonythion said:
All the time and I have short hair and some beard stubble, I don't even have a girlish figure. I have broad shoulders and a long torso and giant hands!

It was the worse in middle school. I had long hair so people always thought I was a girl, or gay...I got beat up a lot those days...HUUUR

and even as I got older I was mistaken for a small girl. Even though I'm nineteen I look like I'm twelve--somewhat. Also...I don't think I've hit puberty yet...I haven't grown any taller and the only real facial hair I have is chin stubble...my voice you can't tell if I'm a man or woman on the phone.

It's like nature didn't know which route to take when making me and said well crap...let's just split you down the middle yes?
I know your pain. Except I do have a girlish figure. Though i recently cut my hair, when it was long and straighted I was always mistaken for a girl. I've had people on the internet hit on me to when I had a pic of myself with long hair. I use Lullabye for most of my internet names so it being rather....ambiguous doesn't help.
 

Tonythion

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Draitheryn said:
at first the results were staggering to me, then the more i think about it, the more i realize how feminine men are these days. I may be pretty crass in this assessment but if you are mistaken as the opposite gender you're probably failing at being your intended gender. Unless you are a herm, then carry on.
It's not so much we are failing at it, it's just some people assume too much.
Most of the guys have beards along with long hair. Seeing a person with long hair from behind most people assume it must be a woman, especially now a days when woman use more mens clothing.
Or just because a woman has short hair she has to be a young man.

Plus how is it failing on my part when it's genetic? It's not like I wanted to be short or anything.

and I am not at all angry--I'm just saying so don't take this as me starting an argument, I know it's hard to tell over text and if you were joking--HAAAA I fell for it.
 

wilson_ty

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I used to have really, really long hair. I got it cut though, but I don't like it short, so I keep it around shoulder or just-above-shoulder length.
 

jpoon

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I don't recall ever being mistaken for a woman, even when i had long hair. I've always been a pretty easily recognizable skater type feller'.
 

Tonythion

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Lullabye said:
Tonythion said:
All the time and I have short hair and some beard stubble, I don't even have a girlish figure. I have broad shoulders and a long torso and giant hands!

It was the worse in middle school. I had long hair so people always thought I was a girl, or gay...I got beat up a lot those days...HUUUR

and even as I got older I was mistaken for a small girl. Even though I'm nineteen I look like I'm twelve--somewhat. Also...I don't think I've hit puberty yet...I haven't grown any taller and the only real facial hair I have is chin stubble...my voice you can't tell if I'm a man or woman on the phone.

It's like nature didn't know which route to take when making me and said well crap...let's just split you down the middle yes?
I know your pain. Except I do have a girlish figure. Though i recently cut my hair, when it was long and straighted I was always mistaken for a girl. I've had people on the internet hit on me to when I had a pic of myself with long hair. I use Lullabye for most of my internet names so it being rather....ambiguous doesn't help.
T^T people suck haha. I bet you don't even have a girlish figure--you're probably just skinny, but I could be wrong. Ahh picking people up on the internet, so confident, so creepy--honestly some guy thought I was a young girl and was hitting on me when I was playing COD, I was like SIR I WILL END YOU! Yeah I can see why your name doesn't help, but still people shouldn't assume
 

Jumplion

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No, but one time when I was 12 an older woman came up to me and offered me a drink. She thought I was 21.
 

TheBoulder

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I have. In fact, the last time I was mistaken for a woman was today. I work at a retirement home, and you know how the old and senile are...
 

notimeforlulz

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Yeah, online... When creating a name online, try to create one that isn't gender ambiguous, or you shall receive creepy messages. And if you're a chick, create one that is decidely masculine, like sk8boy or some shit, or once again; creep messages.
 

burningdragoon

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hmmm nope, I don't think so. Not in any recent years at least.

My voice is pretty deep and tend to dress in a way that makes it pretty obvious. Also I usually have at least a little bit of stubble.
 

Stublore

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Only once, when I was about 8 or 9.
A bike copper was giving a talk to the class and after his talk said does anyone have any questions?
I raised my hand and he said the girl in the back pointing to me :(.
 

rayen020

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If i want to i can get mistaken for a woman quite easily, i can just make a tone of voice that sounds like a woman.

However i was playing texas hold'em on facebook once and some one thought i was a girl because my profile pic was me when i had long hair and was taken from far enough away that at that size you couldn't see my facial hair. I have since change my profile pic to a cute picture of my cat... now everyone makes fun of how they had sex with my cat... it's kinda disturbing...
 

GeneralFungi

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Once over the phone. I forget who it actually was, but I don't think my voice sounds like a female... I had actually asked a friend the next day and he didn't think so either. But I let it slide. There's no better way to make a conversation uncomfortable then to correct them on your gender.