I notice a lot of detracting responses here, but most aren't saying, "You're wrong." They're saying, "It's wrong of you to express these things unambiguously." Why is it that we let the urge to pretend gender and sexuality aren't real prevent us from addressing the problems we have with those matters? It's not an adult way to act.

> if someone uses a woman emoji she is definitely a woman unless there's a specific reason to do so.

I'm a man, and I sometimes use woman emojis because I like the look, or because it's fun. Do either of those count as "a specific reason to do so" in your framing? If not, consider how well your observations actually generalize to the world, and thus the universality of your statements.

> i noticed it was really easy for me to pick out that the one masked example was not a normal man, i'd have guessed either gay male or varbie gone too far.

Perhaps that was because the article clearly labeled which one was the original woman's voice and which one was modulated to sound like a man? There's an easy way to test this: gave the interviewer guess the candidate's gender and see if they can guess consistently correct.

You are telling on yourself a little here.

"normal man" vs "gay male" is a bit worrisome here.