I kinda think the usefulness of this account being vaguely ungendered has run its course, so I guess I'll out myself as a man. I'm sure few to none of you are surprised.
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I will probably continue using some of the linguistic patterns I adopted as part of the ungendered thing (e.g. using "they" when referring to both men and women as groups) because I think they're actually quite good and useful regardless of my particular gender though.
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Part of why I'm outing myself is that a lot of the stuff that didn't feel safe to say on main fits into a broad category of "Feminism is usually right about the experiences of women and often wrong about the experiences of men" and that felt safer to tweet this way, but...
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... I've generally been pleasantly surprised at how well that's been received, and it's actually better as own voices because then I can ground it in my own lived experience a bit better.
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Also I am pleasantly surprised that some people are surprised. I think in general I will probably keep the tone and style of this account about the same, I just might bring up the fact that I'm actually a man where it's relevant.
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I think most people guessed I was a man just because it's a safe bet for anonymous accounts on the internet, and I do have some language patterns which apparently code very male (citation: @liminal_warmth sez so)
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Ooh I didn’t think about this but this is also very true Women are less likely to express unqualified opinions in public forums without heavy hedging or phrasing it as a question or a suggestion Male pattern is to make an unqualified claim as truth
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