What if I stay very anonymous on this site? What advantages does that bring?
- If I am a man I will not be judged as a man. Any unmanly comments and thoughts go unquestioned or negatively received.
- If I am a woman I will not be judged in this sexist culture and any unconscious bias will not be used
- Freedom from any box I normally have to fit myself in everyday to be normal or fit within my role.
- Non identifiable. This helps freedom of speech or as I like to call it in this case freedom-of-embarrassment-when-I-realise-Jill-from-accounting-read-my-blog.
What disadvantages does it bring?
- I cannot make posts speaking from personal experience on topics such as gender, race & orientation.
- I cannot be wholly authentic and may end up self censoring.
- Most who want to read me will not be sexist, homophobic or racist and can easily withstand my identities. Those who cannot, I do not want to associate with and can go away.
We will see how anon I choose to be. I’m not particularly bothered but I know the road away from anonymity on the internet is a one way road. Everything sticks out here.
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