lemmingllama Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 So as you may or may not know, guys tend to sometimes pretend to be girls, and vice versa. So it got me thinking, is it harder for a guy to pretend to be a girl, or for a girl to pretend to be a guy? Next question, this one a bit easier/harder depending on what you think. Is it harder for a guy to look like a girl, or a girl to look like a guy? Yes I am sometimes plagued by the weirdest questions, so dont mind my madness.Personally I think that it is easier for girls to play as guys online, since most people are more extroverted and boisterous online. However, guys seem to be mistaken as girls much more often in real life than girls being mistaken as guys, plus some girls may have a hair/chest problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Talena Mae Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 Actually, most girls get mistaken for guys in this forum (Uji/Joy and Poe just to name two) I think guys tend to find it easier or more fun to play as a girl as they get to lol at the reactions of other guys once they find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Ferocia Coutura Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 I think that in real life, it is much easier for a girl to pretend to be a guy, especially at a young age, when both sexes still look more feminine and boys voices haven't dropped to an unruly low octave. Also, I have never met a guy mistaken for a girl, but I know plenty of girls that were mistaken for guys, even if for only a couple of seconds.Online, however, I think it is pretty much equal, because technically you can pretend to be whatever the hell you want to be online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dae314 Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 Unintentionally, someone actually mistook me for a girl on another forum. The way he found out I was a guy was when he attempted to propose a meetup with me over skype with the intention of relaying his misbegotten feelings for me. Of course I refused and had to tell him what was up, but it made it kinda awkward between us on the forums afterwards >.<''' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasoivc Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 ^That's gotta be awkward as hell. I've never had anyone mack on me for being a male because I make my appearance outstandingly masculine; pretend gay/feminine is just pure fun because it doesn't work. Now when I pretend to be a female online, I can usually pass off as a normal tomboy-ish outspoken girl. Basically, I could mirror mute or mal (for lack of masculine-In Charge women) if I wanted to and so long as I never confessed to being a male, no one could ever figure it out. Men & Women tend to use different sets of vocabulary online imho, and that is what makes it pretty obvious male/female. However the only flaw to that is the users who tend to type like dis and has poor grmmr+spling. I'd like to say that girls online tend to be more forward with their vocabulary while guys tend to be simplified to a+b=c. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maple16 Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 its harder for a guy to pretend to a girlk by farr.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renzourin Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 hahha depends on how i feel or how the characters look on forums like this i dont hide what i am but for instance on some games or mmo's ill play female characters merely because as i follow a certain philosophy as a male which would you rather stare at all day? a womans ass? or a mans ass? and you have your question answered, i do not however hide what i am and let anyone know who starts to mistake me that im male i just like the look of the women better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max465 Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Online in places where I use my real name(Facebook, Twitter, etc), I get mistaken for a girl at times(It probably doesn't help that I tend to use female profile pictures XD) due to the fact my name is androgynous and more commonly(from what I've experienced) a female name. I've never been mistaken for a girl offline though. XDAlthough I'm sometimes told by my friends that I'm rather feminine. I don't believe them. XDMy experiences aside, I feel like online it's equal offline girls can pass as boys a lot easier than boys passing as girls. I think this is mostly due to what's considered "normal" in society. It's a lot more socially acceptable for a girl to throw on baggy pants and a sweatshirt than it is for a guy to wear a dress or a skirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Mute point Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 I've been mistakenly called a man many times. Less since joining here because most people know me by now. And I admit that some things about me might scream "FAKE!" to some people, but I've never hidden who I am, nor will I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Shazi Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 i have been mistaken for a man online a few times, i have also been mistaken for a young boy over the phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Emotional Outlet Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 I don't think I've been mistaken for a young male, though a few times I've been taken for a middle aged male on the Internet. It seems that, for a lot of people, the default assumption regarding the identities of other people online is "male", because I don't think there's really anything about the way I write that is specifically masculine. Maybe needs more bubbly and smilies. And loud proclamations that I am a woman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumRoll Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 most people seem to think I should have at least two children.........I'm 20 not, well actually that means very little in the UK. In these times all I seem to see are young mothers, children coming out of the bloody woodwork! Drives me insane! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digatu Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 In an online MMO I played in the past, I've had people ask me my sex and my general reply is. Does it matter , We ain't going to have sex anyway. Most of the time there is no reply lol.They do assume because I play female toons that I must be female. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrtoo Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 Well. I think guys are easy to become online, because theyre so textbook & simple.While girls are easy to look like in real life, well think about all the transvestites. They dont really have much trouble looking like chicks. Ive seen a dozen or so whom looked JUST LIKE girls... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 I had the same problem in diablo 2 oh shit is it annoyingThe people in my friends list said they were all guys but when they gave me there skype account names and they opened up the web cam 9/10 they were like 16-21 year old girls....Lets say i have play with "tom" for a year and when chatting with "tom" turns out to be a 17 year old girl living in new mexico for example. (diablo 2 battle.net chat commands)/f r account/f r account/f r accountThen add accounts to my channel bot aka steathbot so on channel join they get an instant channel ban + kick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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