Timeline for Should I simply ignore it if authors assume that I'm male in their response to my review of their article?
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| Nov 8, 2018 at 3:23 | comment | added | Malady | @Mike - Thank you! Added to the answer. Not sure how to use the rest of your comment since it seems off-topic from the core of my answer. You do raise some good points. | |
| Nov 8, 2018 at 3:21 | history | edited | Malady | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Adding info from Mike's comment.
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| Nov 7, 2018 at 14:42 | comment | added | Mike | As I mentioned in another comment, I (a man) always tell authors who refer to me by gender that it is inappropriate to bring an imagined gender into a technical discussion. This is just one more way in which it's a bad idea to try to divine the referee's identity by over-interpreting details in the response. In any case, what better time to try to effect change than in an anonymous setting? | |
| Nov 6, 2018 at 0:38 | history | edited | Malady | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Expanding on the possible consequences of writing such a note, due to recent comments.
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| Nov 5, 2018 at 22:17 | comment | added | trichoplax is on Codidact now | I don't have statistics to say either way, but it may well be that in a field with more men than women, there are more men objecting to gendered pronouns than women. But even in a field where an objector is statistically more likely to be female, only a likelihood is being revealed, not a concrete gender. Also there are plenty of men who feel strongly about this, and plenty of women who don't care either way. | |
| Nov 5, 2018 at 21:28 | history | edited | Malady | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
'Cause a comment pointed out anonymity of others depends an the anonymity of everyone.
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| Nov 5, 2018 at 21:27 | comment | added | Malady | @trichoplax - How... Oh, okay, adding 1. ... On 2. ... It feels more likely that more women would find the gendered pronoun notable than men would, so pointing out the usage hints that the speaker is a woman? | |
| Nov 5, 2018 at 21:07 | comment | added | trichoplax is on Codidact now | 1. In a sufficiently small academic community, revealing one's identity compromises the anonymity of others. 2. Pointing out usage of a gendered pronoun reveals nothing about one's own gender | |
| Nov 3, 2018 at 1:57 | history | answered | Malady | CC BY-SA 4.0 |