After weeks of hanging out in a gaming chat room, I'd been spotted. My profile picture showed that I was clearly a woman but was otherwise unremarkable. I didn't have time to speak a word before I was called a "dirty fing b*", while someone else asked to "see that py". Another player got involved, calling me a "slag" and a "ne".

So you had this profile picture for weeks, overtly displaying the fact that you're female with no problem, then suddenly all the misogynazis woke up from their stupor simultaneously and started attacking you for no reason at all?

Excuse me if I'm just a tiny bit suspicious of your story.

Edit: I'm not escaping all those asterisks. You get the idea.