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Entering academia early 2000s, I saw people refer to authors of research papers as “they” as a default to sidestep gendering.

On one hand it’s nice to not insert gender where it isn’t needed, but on the more practical hand it wasn’t always possible to tell by name either. European names can have different gender in different regions, or be all Sztrkökla, and names from Asia are even harder to guess.

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ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

names from Asia are even harder to guess

Good luck in Cambodia where Samnang and many other names can be used for both male and female names.

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- my_hat_stinks@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You get gender-neutral names in English-speaking countries too, eg Alex, Jordan, and Dylan. It’s just not possible to reliably guess everyone’s gender from their name alone.
  
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  - Deestan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    In Norway there’s like 60 names that have a reasonably even usage between genders.
    
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  - ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’ve never heard Dylan for women but yes, you’re spot on. Here it’s not such a thing to have gendered names, they just work.
    
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    HelixDab2@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I can think of at least two (female) porn stars with Dylan as their assumed first name.
    
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    VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I know a woman called Dylan.
    
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