I've noticed that communication styles lead to a assumptions which may prove to be false. For instance, when I first started communicating with @Epsilon0, she had a non-gendered avatar. She spoke in a way that was authoritative about the subject, she was clearly intelligent, and spoke with confidence. I assumed she was a male until she revealed her gender a couple of weeks later.
Many people assume I am male, I think in part because, although I chose a neutral avatar color, many subconsciously consider it a male color. My writing style also unintentionally leads people to assume I am male. Irl, I communicate in the same way, and I've noticed that some males are confused when I talk and engage in the same ways they do, such as with confidence, being direct, and standing my ground. This is not a dig on males, there is much I admire about them and have emulated, which fits with my strong personality and has served me well, and I'm feminine, not overtly male, so it sometimes confuses males. Some of it I learned from hanging around with Germans, many of whom are quite direct and leave no room for wondering about their intentions; I like that. I am strong, and I don't hide or minimize it with a more culturally accepted and expected feminine facade. I don't dummy down my speech to better fit in, as Western women are culturally encouraged to do.
@Soulless_Angel, if I may make an observation, I hope it doesn't offend. I assume you are you are female, not because of your avatar, which I have to zoom in on to see. And not because you have angel in your username, because @thrw_a_way1221221 has something about angels below his username, and I originally assumed he was female because of it, so I now no longer make that assumption. I unintentionally assume you are female because your last sentence ended with a question mark. Some males do it as well, but as a writer, I've observed this writing style has become prevalent over the past decade, ending a statement with a question mark in writing, just as many Western females do in verbal speech. Again, I've observed some males do it, and unless there are other things that overtly signal they are male, such as username, I assume it is a female speaking.
In general, I find it assumptions amusing, my own and others'. These kinds of things intrigue me because I was a communications major in undergrad, and at the graduate level, I had a strong interest in discourse theory (power expressed through cultural and other big dialogues),semiotics (how we make meaning using language), and cultural studies. @Epsilon0 first drew my attention in a linguistic-focused thread she posted. I love this stuff.