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Interesting article! Maybe it's because the sites I hang around tend to be obvious as to the poster's gender and such, but I haven't seen that kind of reaction to women online in a few years.
I remember back when I first got connected, though, it was always like that. Now days, however, most of the sites I'm on have very few "false" women or even that 13 year old reaction to women. It seems to me that those reactions seem to be most prevalent on sites in which a poster's identity is not "connected" to their online persona as opposed to sites like "myspace" in which a poster's picture is openly available.
I'm suprised, though, that these reactions are still so common in other areas of the web.
On a somewhat related note: I remember once seeing a flash video on this subject...it featured a female stick figure revealing that she was a woman to her online pals, then it showed their l33t 5p34k reactions (complete with humorous photos of the stereotypical dorky male virgin). Quite humorous, though I can't seem to find it anywhere. Anyone know what I'm talking about (and have a link)?
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