Should I let it bug me that authors of paper I reviewed assumed I'm a man? ("We thank reviewer for... his comments").
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Replying to @clelandpsych
You should incorrectly gender the authors in your response to their revisions
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Replying to @DrGBuckingham @clelandpsych
hah that's what I was thinking, but I'm glad you suggested it first ;)
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Replying to @willjharrison @clelandpsych
I guess it might also be a language thing. Perhaps 'reviewer' is a male gendered thing in most languages? Easy mistake to make if so
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I'm confused, which language has person-related nouns that are male even when the person is not male? In Greek we have m/f/neutral but
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Replying to @o_guest @DrGBuckingham and
they change according to the person. In fact, we have this in English for some words too, blond/blonde, actor/actress, master/mistress, etc.
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Replying to @o_guest @DrGBuckingham and
In Greek for example a male reviewer is αναθεωρητής, while a female one is αναθεωρήτρια. So I don't think that excuse makes sense unless I'm
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Replying to @o_guest @DrGBuckingham and
missing some unusual languages where this isn't the case and the gender of the noun carries over and trumps the gender of the person, but I
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Replying to @o_guest @DrGBuckingham and
All in all, my point is, no language barriers excuse this and also don't assume language barriers in high-quality science just because ppl
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don't speak English as first language.
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