A question of gender..

lydias

I have won from Nuts a couple of years ago.

DUKE

I'm female & I've won body builder stuff, a man's belt, & man's boots.

davross

I'm a man and won a holiday in a netmums competition. They made quite a big deal about it with a headline of "Netmums competition won by a man". It was a bit embarrasing and I felt a little like I shouldnt have won the prize.

ribjinns

davross wrote: »

I'm a man and won a holiday in a netmums competition. They made quite a big deal about it with a headline of "Netmums competition won by a man". It was a bit embarrasing and I felt a little like I shouldnt have won the prize.

That's terrible! I doubt it states anywhere in the T&C's that you must be a woman to enter, besides which, it could be a prize shared with by a woman. Even so, it's still none of their business who wins provided that they entered fairly!! :mad:

davross

ribjinns wrote: »

That's terrible! I doubt it states anywhere in the T&C's that you must be a woman to enter, besides which, it could be a prize shared with by a woman. Even so, it's still none of their business who wins provided that they entered fairly!! :mad:

They didnt complain about giving me the prize.. They just announced it in a strange way on the promotors website. It didnt matter as my family had a great holiday.. Just made me feel a bit awkward. It was worth it for the holiday though.

seasider007

As a bloke, I've never won with Nuts, Zoo, FHM et al, but have won with Cosmo, Female First, Netmums and other more female orientated sites, guess it really is just a mater of luck???

Chopstheduck

I have won men's shoes, but I have a name that can be male too, though it is more commen as a female name.

TBH what I do is, enter girly ones in my name, and mens comps in my husbands name. He doesn't comp so we aren't duplicating.

paadzer

I am male with a male partner and sometimes think when we have comps for clothing they should have a gender in the title if they are not unisex or obvious (e.g. win a dress or skirt is obvious but win a coat, top or t-shirt is not). If my partner was female I would probably enter female specific competitions.

I have entered competitions on female sites when they are not gender specific (e.g. DVDs, televisions, cookery books and household appliances). I do tend to shorten my name to Pat when using female sites though!