I'm a 16 year old girl. I usually love the reaction I get when someone joins and says "Hey man." and I reply with "Hi there." and they either are shocked and don't say anything, or they can't tell that I'm a girl and continue to call me "man." It's great. My voice is fairly mono-tone, so I don't have a problem with it 24/7, but the problem still exists. Good luck with your problem, though!