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 13:51 | comment | added | Federico Poloni | @Mike I think the consensus here is that the use of that pronoun is probably involuntary. It's OP who is planning to bring gender into the discussion and derailing what has been up to now a professional exchange. | |
| Nov 8, 2018 at 13:44 | comment | added | Mike | I understood what you were trying to imply. What I am saying is that you choose to overlook the fact that the OP here did not ask to be referred to in the masculine; you're suggesting that she's starting something by responding to unprofessional behavior. Apparently the other OP had not brought up any religious beliefs whatsoever before the student started proselytizing. Similarly, this OP had not brought gender into the discussion before she was referred to with a male pronoun. In both cases, the OP has been subjected to something they find unpleasant and unprofessional. | |
| Nov 8, 2018 at 12:00 | comment | added | Federico Poloni | @Mike I am not comparing OP here to the professor in that question, I am comparing her to the student. The student tries to convince the professor of his/her mistakes in not following the cult of Cthulhu the Almighty; the fact that there are so many unbelievers is a situation he dislikes, and he believes he is acting for the greater good. | |
| Nov 7, 2018 at 16:45 | comment | added | Mike | It's interesting that you draw that parallel with the proselytization question, because there, everyone seems to agree that when the OP says "I don't want to be put in a similar situation again", there is some right not to be put in that situation, and so the OP should address it directly. Yet here, the OP has been put in a situation she dislikes (and likely will be again in the future), and only speaking up has any chance of changing that, but is being advised that she should not speak up. She's not the one creating this situation; the authors using a masculine pronoun are. | |
| Nov 6, 2018 at 19:10 | history | answered | Federico Poloni | CC BY-SA 4.0 |