Why should my being a guy make a difference in cyber space?
I don't know. But it does. I used to have a screen name back in the late 90s that I chose specifically to give the impression that I was male. Eventually I "came out" as female with this name. The difference in my treatment was very evident. I prefer conservatives to liberals 10 times out of 10, but the liberal stereotype of conservative men as misogynistic cro-magnons has a tiny, tiny crystal of truth in there. More than once a Freeper who didn't like my views has started in on me with taunts about PMS and how I should go bake cookies like a good little woman. Even within the last 24 hours. I just ignore that type, but... they are here.