[throwaway183839]

I think it's something that's worth pointing out occasionally. Male programmers tend to assume that all other programmers are male. Even if they don't actually think that, it slips out in their language (as in this case).

In this case the error is a little perplexing since the OP's name is "Lexi" which is almost never used as a male name!

[revasm]

Not a lie: I have never encountered the name Lexi before. I would have assumed it to be a made-up pseudonym. Or a reference to a post-modern sci-fi / futuristic book.

If it's short for "Alexis," which is a claim you edited out of your comment, then I'm even more confused, as that name seems to be male preferred within the US.

[lexi-lambda]

This conversation got really out of hand really quickly, so I've stayed out of it, but is Alexis really male-preferred? That's an honest question; I don't know. Wolfram Alpha seems to find the opposite.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Alexis

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Alexis&a=*C.Alexis-_*Gi...

[eximius]

Definitely didn't register that as a name until you mentioned it. I thought it was just clever alliteration of some reference that I was missing.

I feel silly now.

[bigtunacan]

Fun fact. I have a daughter who goes by Lexi and a former (male) co-worker (Aleksey) who went by Lexy.

[wcummings]

This required a throwaway?

[throwaway183839]

No - I just use a throwaway account by default (actually, several of them on different machines) because (a) sometimes I do want to comment on something without having my name attached to it, and (b) it's too much effort to switch between accounts depending on what I want to say.