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Maybe it's language. You can't say "he/she" in an asexual way in English. In Hungarian, it's just the opposite. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Or an even weightier analogy: knowing another's age. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Why we choose the genders we do when creating that mental picture, I don't know. Sometimes it's based on the obvious (the genders of Jerome and Fran, for instance) or an obvious association (Nanne, I thought you were female for the exact reason you listed until I saw meetup photos; kcurie's name reminded me of Marie Curie until I saw numerous posts referring to "him"). Sometimes it's not so clear-cut-- I don't know why, but for some reason I thought In Wales was male for the first couple of weeks I was here.
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