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Re:Ask HN: Women of HN, tell us about yourself and your jour... by braindouche on Thursday April 05, 2018 @11:18AM (#16765679)
As a woman...

we have a secret: a lot of us also choose to "hide" behind gender-neutral usernames. It's a thing that makes life easier on the internet.

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Re:Ask HN: Women of HN, tell us about yourself and your jour... by shradha408 on Thursday April 05, 2018 @10:48PM (#16770543)
I agree! Although I have my real first name in my user name, no one will know if I am a women as this is an Indian name and most of the world doesn't know if it's a male or a female name.
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Re:Ask HN: Women of HN, tell us about yourself and your jour... by danmaz74 on Saturday April 07, 2018 @03:37AM (#16779807)
I always suspected so :) Really hope that some day it won't be necessary anymore.
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