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Gender versus professional determination of written styles
Alex · 02/23/01 at 10:30 PM ET
I've posted on the Evolutionary Psychology forum for nearly one year, and last month I found out that many people, including the forum mediator, were under the impression that I am a man. I'm sure that I have, once or twice along this time frame, revealed my gender, but no one seemed to pay attention, so strong their initial impression about me was. I'm used to publish in scientific journals and participate in discussions where most of the members are men. To some extent, I think I might have been influenced by this environment. What is really odd, on the other hand, is that I have been participating in other discussion forums where psychologists, biologists and psychiatrists use to post, and by now I am fairly confident that I can tell people's professional backgrounds, just looking at their messages, when in these specific discussion lists. I'm not so sure I can tell their gender; probably not. Appreciate any feedbacks Alex. <In my own experience online, I've noted men and women generally have different online posting styles>
My question is, how much of these "written styles" which are thought to be gender-specific are a actually a preconception? In scientific discussions, at least, how are men and women supposed to differ, once they have gone through the same selective processes?
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