Letters to the Editor
alarajrogers
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I'm not anonymous
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]and I'm a woman.
Men aren't the only people who see value in posting real names. Personally I feel that anyone who doesn't want to employ me on the basis of googling my name and disliking my opinions is someone I don't want to help to make a profit. Of course, I have some high-paid skills and I live in a liberal big Northeastern city, so I can afford to say that.
I understand why people choose to use handles; I have done so myself in environments where I wanted to discuss personal issues I didn't want getting back to my loved ones. I think the Internet works just fine with handles. It's the eight zillion Anonymouses and the fact that there is no way to distinguish them that irritates me. Can't you folks just make something up?
But no, it's not a male thing to post real names and a female thing to use handles or hide behind Anonymous because it's a big, bad world out there and women know enough to be scared of it. Someone could see me at the grocery store and decide they didn't like my attitude and decide to follow me home and beat me up and rape me, but that doesn't mean I wear a burka to the grocery store, and I'm not putting a burka on my name either. Other people may choose to do as they will, and without knowing their life situations I won't sit in judgment on them for their choice, but me, I use my real name.