I think people are missing the point..Most of the guys using a female avatar do so because of the rep factor (They have stated in threads they get more green rep with that avatar) Unless Shawn is having people turn their heads and cough, guys will just use the girl option in their profile, which means it will mean nothing. Like the second post said, for $50 you can be whatever you want
I think that's the real reason. I've hard of male pretending to be female on other forums as they believe it helps them get better deal and more free help. I guess the same thing applies.
well i too think that on a forum like DP gender hardly matters. It will be good to have that feature but than females will be flooded with PMs from male members.
there is something called "ignore list" where ppl can choose not to receive PMS from certain members plus, females can report such PMs to any staff member and he/she will take the necessary action it's something basic in all forums
Guys use Girls pictures in their display pictures to hit guys' soft corners for girls so that they give them rep. Thats the no. 1 reason. The No. 2 reason is that the people want to view a girl's picture the whole day so they put it up as their display picture/avatar. IT
actually its usually quite easy to figure out, besides that any girl that thinks she's worth staring at, will probably put her photo in the avatar any way