Sometimes it's hard to tell if someone is a girl or boy with screan names so if you would like to share that info with everone else it would probibly clear up a few things for some people.:)

Girl here, but I guess I'm one of the more obvious ones :lol:

im a gurly :D

Yeah, Im a girl. xD

girl here. you know, i bet there will be more girls then guys here. which seems kinda odd don't you think. normally its the girls that have the sterotype of standing on chairs and screaming when a rodent goes by and here we are with them on our shoulders! i heard it was the same way for frogs too so go figure eh?

I'm a girl as well ;). At least that's what my parents have told me...

Another girl, here!

I'll be the first of the guys to post in here I guess.

Female here :)

lol i think most ov us were girls last time we cheacked lol aww my boys (ratties) are being very loving tonight hehe

girl here as well :D, I know what you mean Twich. When i took my rat to school A LOT of girls could just say "ewew gross!" "what is that? is it a mouse?" "Is it wild?" "does it bite?" lol yea it bites thats why i'm kissing it lol. I shouldn't be mean huh? Lol

Well I'm NOT surprised that it's mostly us *Weman* I mean how many guys go googoo over these awdorwable wittle babys?!?!! :wink:

yes but normally its the girls that are SUPPOSED to go EWW! a RaaAaaT or "oh its slimy! a frog!" and yet were the ones that buy them for pets most often. i talked with a person from a pet once about it. he says that they sell more spiders to female customers as well. so for the gender that's not supposed to like the creepy crawly things that go bump (or croak) in the night we sure do buy them enough....

Hahahahaha!!!! I know what you mean I used to love playing with spiders and I would even search out and catch black widows and...well...torture'em.... But now I have a heart attack every time one shows up out of noware!

I finally got scared one morning when I woke up to one of those house dady longlegs hanging inches above my face. I was on a bunkbed top bunk. I slumped down got my pillow smashed it and screamed me head off for like five minutes.

It's bad luck to kill spiders :P I knew a girl Aimee that thought it was a great idea to put her tarantula in her mouth and scare some friends... her throat ended up getting infected from loose bristles on the abdomen...i'm a guy. 8O

girl here

Femme.

All my guy friends(who out number my girlfriends), think I'm the coolest because I have four rats and walk them around on a harness. xD

The rats are the cheerleaders at our neighborhood soccer games. Heheh!

It's bad luck to kill spiders :P I knew a girl Aimee that thought it was a great idea to put her tarantula in her mouth and scare some friends... her throat ended up getting infected from loose bristles on the abdomen...i'm a guy. 8O

yeah... licking spiders is never a good idea... things like that happen and well... ugh... it could have been worse though. there are some strains that hairs can paralzye or poison. and paralsis in the throat can cause suffocation

but are you and codcommando the only guys here...

The bunkbed incident happened like 7-9 years ago. I still get freaked every time a spider shows up out of noware but IF I know where the spider is I'm ok and I'll let it live as long as it stays where it is and it's noware near me but if it move or comes near me the truce is off and it either gets put outside or squashed.

Not very many guys here huh?

I'm a girl. :)

What no more guys.....? 8)

Am ... am I the only guy posting here? Hoo boy ...

Am ... am I the only guy posting here? Hoo boy ...

8O Hahahaha!!!! LOL!!!!!!! :lol:

Sorry I just had to get that out.

But yeah were are all the other guys???

You don't have to hide....*snicker* lol

hehe I'm a girl sorry XD

I'm new, but I'm a guy.

woot! we have 3 now! *grins* i wonder if the ammount of guys here resembles the number of collective male to female rats everyone has too...

lets see: i'm a girl and have 7 girl rats and 1 boy rat. what about the rest of you?

woot! we have 3 now! *grins* i wonder if the ammount of guys here resembles the number of collective male to female rats everyone has too...

lets see: i'm a girl and have 7 girl rats and 1 boy rat. what about the rest of you?

That's a really good idea. Perhaps we should have a new post dedicated to it?

I have 3 rats, all girls.

I'm getting 2-3 boys, most likely just 2.

All 6 babys that I have are girls.

I would love to have boys but my mom wont let me since they'er a little smelly'er and she doen't want any "accident" litters.

......like I'd be stupped enough to let somthing like that happen....*sigh* parents......

I can't wait to have my own job and house/appt.

*Sigh*

Come on guys who are you? You don't have to hide... *grins* *snickers* lol Hehehe come out come out little boys.... LOL :lol:

This little boy is happy lurking in his hammock. I will peek out from time to time though. :D

Yeah we know about you.

Come on guys come out of hiding!! ....Please?

I have 5 boyz and 8 girls but 6 of the girls are up for adoption and so are two of the boyz.

Are there any other guys?? Or....is this it..?

*Grins,snickers*

Are there only 3 guys??!!!!!!!! LOL!!

Are there any other guys?? Or....is this it..?

*Grins,snickers*

Are there only 3 guys??!!!!!!!! LOL!!

Ok really is this it?? Only 3 guys??

Female :D As if that's hard to tell by my insanely girly signature!

i am pretty sure that my sn says it all

I'm a dudester. I knew there weren't as many of us, but I didn't know there were this few.

HEY!!!! We got 4 now!! *Grins*

Only 4 ??? This can't be it....can it??? 8O

Ok really only 4 ???

you got to be kidding....8O

Ok- I'll confuse things a bit... :lol:

I'm the Son my Father Never had...

Very (tom-boy/work on cars/fix plumbing/plays with powertools/thinks Harleys are cool/shoots accurately/was the last one standing in an SCA boffer skirmish/can truly cook,change a diaper, grow a garden, darn a sock/got my hubby an angle-grinder for Valentinesday!) Girl.

:wink: :D :lol:

Girl here. I do have some (slightly undesireable) boyish traits though. *checks* But yeah, definately a girl.

Gender assigned in the feminine tense.

Ok you all are female in a simple way of saying so.

Are there really only 4 guys?!!? 8O

Lass here.

Only 4 !!! 8O

I don't know... I find the gents don't seek out forums as often.

Unless cars are involved, maybe. *shrug* I think femmes naturally seek companionship moreso. May explain the fewer males?

I think they'er just sissys..... they'er scaaared *Heehee*........ Tis is one place that they aren't in charge and they don't want to admit it.

Maybe?

I doubt it.

If it's a passion for them that they want to share, who gives a bit who on the forum is male and who's female?

Unless cars are involved, maybe. *shrug* I think femmes naturally seek companionship moreso. May explain the fewer males?

Sexist!

No it's true!!

Maybe a little sexist but true....

Unless cars are involved, maybe. *shrug* I think femmes naturally seek companionship moreso. May explain the fewer males?

Sexist!

I appreciate the biological differences in necessity for females and males, these being sexes, and the differences therein being due to sex, thus the determinations thereof are sexist.

Maybe.

If I may throw my single psychology course into this...

I think more females are rat owners than males (Hence why more females are on this forum than males). And I think that's because since a significantly large portion of females think of rats as disgusting vermin, as a result a small (yet significant) portion of females are going to rebel against that stereotype, consciously or subconsciously, and get rats.

But that's just my theory. I'm a computer science major, not a psychologist.

Man I wish I knew more about cars though.

Ughm.... what Forensic said....

maybe.....

I think you may be quite correct. Rats are traditionally a 'male' pet. And therefore the somewhat 'rebellious' amongst the femmes will take them under their wing. I'd think men still do own them and appreciate them, however they may not feel the need to be as public about it?

I learned a lot about cars by joining a car forum... :lol:

Personally, I just find that females mature quicker when it comes to responsibility and caring for things. Plus, it's kind of in a female's nature to want to nurture and care for, at least usually.

Sooo...... are there only 4 guys...?

Or are the others hiding behind their egos?

*Snaghs*

True, but by the age of most posters - late teens onward - boys should be beginning to catch up on the responsibility at the least.

And I think the urge to raise a being is there in both, but the babying urge appears moreso in women...

I guess.

Ditto.

For me, the 'babying urge' only occurs with animals.

Ew, kids. *shudder*

I agree!

Though of course all people should be treated equal under the law, it's silly to act like men and women, on average, aren't different. It may very well be that women are more apt to care for something than men.

Edit: Oh, and I know for sure there are more dudes, I see them post elsewhere in the forum. I guess they just ignore this post?

I love being a mom LoL to my rats and my kids. The reason I have rats is because they are my stress relievers. I moved three thousand miles away from my family and I stay at home all day everyday. My rats are my grounding point.

For me, the 'babying urge' only occurs with animals.

Ew, kids. *shudder*

I agree. :D

Kids? EEEEEWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Animals are what I'm staying with!!

Maybe a husband IF I can find a decent one....

And about the other guys ignoring this post just proves they've to big a ego to say "I'm a guy."

Right?

Or maybe they just don't care to look in this section of the forum? :P No need to assume that the males on this board are egotistical because they don't post about their male-ness.

I don't even understand how *not* posting about being a male is egotistic?

Can my limited male brain not understand such things?

LOL maybe.

It IS scientifically proven that male humans lose their brain cells alot faster than females.

And I'm just teasing about the ego thing.

It's economically proven that I'll always make, on average, more money than you ladies. So I got that going for me! Who needs brain cells!

Uuuummmm..........YOU so you can know what you're doing.

And why do you say you make more money than us "ladies"? what do you do for money that makes you sooo much richer?

they're male. it has actually been proven that given the same job withthe same requirements men will make on average 10-15% more then women. its just the way the system works. though, until recently us women would get a discount in car insurance simply for being female. so it happens quite freqently and in pretty unfair ways most often that system is sexist. its not great but at least we can work and get paid for it. other systems don't even have that. mind you other cultures are different too so the emphasis on making it rich isn't as great either. in any case, as much as it sucks, cjshrader is right.

*pouts*

Stupid if you ask me......

Now, now, you cannot get the special treatment if they don't get any.

And trust me, us lasses do get special treatment.

Fair's fair, eh.

If you say so....

It's statistics of society Sky. I hate making less, getting less opprotunities because I'm 1.short 2. overweight 3.young 4. female DD: It makes it so much more DIFFICULT to prove yourself! Oh and add on the highly sensitive person and then I'm just a gunner to stay burried under a glass ceiling D:

Yes, it's just a statistics thing. It doesn't actually imply that men are smarter or work harder than women, but on average, they make more.

Not to say there aren't lots of extremely successful women out there (Look at Oprah).

Yeah yeah I know Its just not faaiiiirrrrr........ *sigh*

ANYWAY if you know more guys tell them to show themselves I want to know how many guys are on this forum!

I mean just 4 is rediceulus......

I am a guy.

yet another girl here. :D

I prefer having guy friends though.
less maintenance.

agrees

OK we have 5 now!!

Are there any other brave boys to show?

Yes, it's just a statistics thing. It doesn't actually imply that men are smarter or work harder than women, but on average, they make more.

Not to say there aren't lots of extremely successful women out there (Look at Oprah).


well im here(alive i mean not on the forum) to make statistic think again! if a guy says oh u cant do this its a man thing im the 1st one to prove them wrong!

that's not statistics though fallin. that's sterotypes. statistics are numbers drawn from research. when comparing average salaries of men and women men make more. even if the job is the same in some cases. its not a sterotype, its a piece of data collected from extensive research. it doesn't mean its fair but it does show us what's going on. if you want to change it all the more power to you. it was people that wanted change that got the women rights that we have now. why settle for that eh? i say go for the whole nine yards! though without organization and some really proactive people that won't happen and even if you had all that you probably won't see much change in your life time. you know, i don't know where i'm going with this rant so i'm going to stop. my point was that statistics are cold fact of current and past research not something you can fight directly.

Sooo....... Any other boys? :)

lol good point twitch lol i am half asleep so nothing makes 2 much sence lol

Di tto ...... *snore* lol :)

I've always wondered if that average salary thing is based on *all* women and *all* men. If so, I would imagine that more men work than women, therefore of course they would be making higher on average than the women if housewives are added in.

Then, if it's only working men versus working women, well, that's a different problem.

In many cases the studies have a disclaimer - amongst those working the same job. So in that case, housewives aren't an issue.

Hmph...*sigh*

*Looks up/shakes head* Why?

im a guy

YAY!! 6 We have 6 now!! lol :)

I know there are more....

LOL :)

Girl.

Hehe nice pic. lol :)

Haha, I'm a girl. :P

I want your Holly!! Give me da husky! LOL :lol:

She is a husky right.? What kind? :)

No more boys...?? :? 8O

I want your Holly!! Give me da husky! LOL :lol:

She is a husky right.? What kind? :)

No more boys...?? :? 8O

The typical kind?

Oh come on, give over. If they want to make themselves known they will, but with you begging for them to show their faces I'm sure they're a little bit weirded out. Leave the guys alone, for crying out loud.

Dude, I'm a dude.

There's 7 now!! 8O lol :)

Oh come on, give over. If they want to make themselves known they will, but with you begging for them to show their faces I'm sure they're a little bit weirded out. Leave the guys alone, for crying out loud.

I guess I'm a little imposing....

But I just want to know...

Oh come on, give over. If they want to make themselves known they will, but with you begging for them to show their faces I'm sure they're a little bit weirded out. Leave the guys alone, for crying out loud.

I guess I'm a little imposing....

But I just want to know...

A little imposing? Sky, I honestly don't mean any offense, but sometimes it seems like you're absolutely desperate for someone to answer you. :lol: You should master the art of four forums at once, then things don't seem so slow. :lol:

You should master the art of four forums at once, then things don't seem so slow. :lol:

That's a good idea! :D

I want your Holly!! Give me da husky! LOL :lol:

She is a husky right.? What kind? :)

No more boys...?? :? 8O

The typical kind?

There are a few different breeds. There's the Siberian and a few others that I can't name at the moment. :)

But back to what your talking about I know what you mean... I guess it's just my pesonality....

If I get to imposing or anoying just let me know. :)

Huh. Must never have seen one, then.

haha girl for me

Nice Snoopy pic! :)

girl here too

girl here too

girl here too

I guess on this board, us guys are a minority...

*Gasps*

There's 8 now!! 8O LOL :lol:

<~~ Girl :) Also own 2 male PEWs

What's your pic soposed to be?? :?

A kitty? :lol:

8O But it doesn't have a tail!!!

I'm male.

girl here,
omg i hate it when people assume/ask if my rattys are mice! its like look at it for a sec... are mice really this big? lol

*proud to be female*

:)

It's still amazing that almost everyone (that's responded to this post) is female.

Girl here but people Call me "Ken" for short.

Im a girl here :]

Im a girl! but im sure those who read the post about BCPs and periods knows that :-P

I am also a girl...although my guy friends have called me a 'dude-with-boobs' more times than I can count...lol...

EUNICH.

No I kid... I'm a wimmin.

this is such an old post. most of the people in the beginning probably dont even come on here. I think I am going to start a new one with a poll so we actually know.

And here's a link to Sam's new post, I guess we'll just let this old one die again:

http://www.ratforum.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=12422.html