Believe me, I’ve made the mistake before, with assuming a man is a women or a women is a man. Experience has taught me that men are more offended at being called women (I base my experience primarily on Irish culture). I thought your handle of “Psyche” was feminine, but I knew a few people, at various times, who use the name or a variation, and they were male.

The internet needs little gender tags like those on public toilets ;)

Apologies again for the mistake, Sister :)

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If you discover anything nifty in your travels I’d love to cross-pollinate. (You know, occulturally.)

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1. A man would be more offended at being mistaken for a woman.
2. A woman would be less offended if mistaken for a man.
3. Either would be take offence given the (largely) faceless nature of the medium.

Differences between Irish and Canadian culture, personal experience, or the (apparently) widespread belief that all (vocal) occultists are men (with the exception of a few dead women, and fewer still among the living)?

I take no offence, you’re hardly the first! Despite my (clearly) feminine handle, over the past twelve years, online most occultnik men automatically make the same assumption you did. I don’t really get it, but there it is anyway.

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I just KNEW as I wrote my post that I was making a mistake, but due to uncertainty I thought a man would be more offended if I called him a woman than a woman if I called her a man. Regardless, I corrected the error in my post, and please accept my sincerest apologies for the mistake.

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Namaste.

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