Yes, I Am A Woman, And To Prove It.....
By Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
United Kingdom
December 10, 2015 4:23pm CST
There has been quite a debate going on in one of Poehere's posts regarding my gender, so to prove that I am indeed a woman here is a photo of me taken a few weeks ago.
Lately several people have made the mistake of assuming I am male. I know that names ending in 'o' usually are male, but when I chose my user name I didn't think of that. It is just the first two letters of my first name and surname.
Though it doesn't bother me to be thought of as a man, I thought I'd set the record straight. Have you been mistaken for the other sex?
Also there have been a couple of posts recently, (from UncleJoe and Inlemay), in which they are saying that they like to know what members look like.
So here I am, killing two birds with one stone.
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79 responses
@allknowing (135836)
• India
10 Dec 15
Wow!! There you are- a well groomed perfect lady - putting to rest the thoughts about you being a male. I sometimes wonder if there are writings that have a gender attached to them. (lol)
I have always had the same haircut as yours but recently have been trying to grow my hair just for a change. It has now reached my shoulder.
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@allknowing (135836)
• India
11 Dec 15
@jaboUK I know what you mean. It does not fly about too when there is too much wind. The reason why I decided to grow my hair is because a friend of mine who s a senior too feels that her hair has stopped growing. I wanted to see if that was the case even with me. Luckily, so far so good (lol)
You are cat's whiskers sometimes 
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
11 Dec 15
@allknowing My hair grows far too quickly, it definitely hasn't stopped growing. (My underarm hair has though!) That's a sweet last sentence, thank you.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
11 Dec 15
@allknowing Yes this should convince people that I'm female (except @Phredwreck who thinks I'm a cat!).
I'm afraid I go for the easy option regarding my hair - 'wash and go'!
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@Marilynda1225 (82690)
• United States
10 Dec 15
What a great picture!!! you look lovely and I can see a hint of that humor in your smile (or would that be mischief?)
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
10 Dec 15
@Marilynda1225 You could be right - I'm still full of mischief despite my years.
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@Marilynda1225 (82690)
• United States
11 Dec 15
@nanette64 no doubt about it...you can tell just by looking at her I love happy people and those who like some mischief in their life
I love happy people and those who like some mischief in their life4 people like this
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
11 Dec 15
Oh yeah @Marilynda12225 , that gal's got mischief on her mind. LOL
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Dec 15
Oh yes, it has happened a few times to me. Asylum is a rather neutral name to use and despite my screenname of Koalemos referring to one of the Greek Gods, he is not a well known name.
Inevitable I have been mistaken for a woman by a few members, but like yourself I do not worry about that.
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@GardenGerty (160600)
• United States
10 Dec 15
Not at all what I imagined, much more modern and up to date. I like it.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
11 Dec 15
@jaboUK What has age to do with it.You can be 96 and still be modern.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
11 Dec 15
@silvermist You're quite right of course. Anyway I'm only 35 in my head!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
10 Dec 15
@GardenGerty Wot me - modern? Lol - I'm 76.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
10 Dec 15
I never had doubts concerning your gender. People see my picture and probably know right away my gender. Although I have had many think I'm female based on topics in my online masters program. The one professor probably didn't read my bio, she was always referring to me as 'she' when commenting on something I wrote. In the end I just let it go. I probably got a better grade because of it.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
10 Dec 15
@OneOfMany Lol - that's a bit sexist to say that you think your professor gave you better grades because she thought you were female!!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
10 Dec 15
@OneOfMany Ok, fair enough - she was the one being sexist!
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
10 Dec 15
@jaboUK It's me being honest. I felt like my grades were better than they would have been. I just felt like she was annoyed with the males in the class. Casual observation decided that thought process!
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@Namelesss (3365)
• United States
11 Dec 15
Lovely photo and just about the mental image I had of you, but of course I never thought you were a dude, lol. No dude would write some of the stuff you've written. Not and get away with it 
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
11 Dec 15
@Namelesss That's good that you guessed what I look like - I gather you've not seen any of the others I've put up - admittedly they are rare.
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@DaddyEvil (137256)
• United States
12 Dec 15
I don't know about that, Elaine... I've been known to write some very female-centric comments on subjects I probably should have stayed out of and (as far as I know) nobody even batted an eyelid at me... Did I "get away with it" or.... ?
You are assuming, Dearheart! Assuming on myLot might get you teased!
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@Namelesss (3365)
• United States
13 Dec 15
@DaddyEvil Nah, I'm fearless. No one batted an eyelid bc they are all afraid of you.
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@Juliaacv (51036)
• Canada
11 Dec 15
@jaboUK I remember seeing your picture, but I couldn't remember what it was for. I got my hair cut short, last weekend, and have had so many compliments on it this week. And although its salt and pepper in colour, some of it was bleached (blondish) from the sun last summer. I've got a coat of many colours!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
11 Dec 15
@Tampa_girl7. Thank you Marie. I hope Daddy is ok?
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
10 Dec 15
That's a nice photo of you..... , my name is self explanatory..but I have misjudged 2 peoples gender on here....
, my name is self explanatory..but I have misjudged 2 peoples gender on here.... 4 people like this
@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
10 Dec 15
You are looking fabulous, Janet! I remember the first B post I read from you about your swimming in the sea and the dog brushing up against you, and how we chatted on that, and I knew you are a woman @jaboUK , but this is a great pic of you. :-)
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@troyburns (1405)
• New Zealand
11 Dec 15
Just imagine if you'd called yourself Jaba - you'd get people thinking you were a fat ugly monster, which you clearly are not!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
11 Dec 15
@troyburns Always the gentleman! Thank you.
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@totobasso (331)
• Canada
10 Dec 15
I always knew that you were a woman from the way you wrote, even in Bubblews.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
10 Dec 15
@Totobasso That's interesting, and I always thought I wrote in such a way that there was no doubt. It seems I was wrong. (What name did you use on Bubblews?)
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
10 Dec 15
@totobasso I understand, so don't feel obliged to answer
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@totobasso (331)
• Canada
10 Dec 15
@jaboUK I'll send you PM as I revealed too much about myself and it caused me some problems.
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@HanVanMeegerin (1161)
• United States
11 Dec 15
@boiboing people will still judge you even if you are a cat.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
10 Dec 15
@JudyEv This makes 3 times I've put this picture up today - I know you saw it on UncleJoe's post, and I put it on Poehere's too. I thought I might as well go the whole hog and do a post about it.
I think most of the old bubbling set know what I am, but obviously there are a lot on this site that don't.
Your name is self-explanatory.
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I think most of the old bubbling set know what I am, but obviously there are a lot on this site that don't.
Your name is self-explanatory.2 people like this
@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
11 Dec 15
I take horrible pictures, I always looks so dumb. So I just prefer my light bulb. Have been using it for years.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
11 Dec 15
@fishtiger58 That's why I prefer my flowers - I often look dumb too.
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