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Gender is a more complicated issue than the question of whether or not the user has a penis. For marketing purposes it might make sense to narrow down the selec
by wanderr 16y ago
Gender is a more complicated issue than the question of whether or not the user has a penis. For marketing purposes it might make sense to narrow down the selections to Male, Female and Other, but if the point is to allow users to express themselves, that's inadequate.
- duskwuff 16y agoI've seen a few sites that take a cue from Facebook and limit the selections to "male", "female", and "it's complicated".
- buster 16y agoThat sounds like a good solution, i'd prefer that..
- buster 16y agoMh, probably it's more complicated in english. It's quite clear for me. In german the gender is either male or female, that's the definition and there is now question of "self expression". If someone wants to stand out and express something special, why not use another text field? I think it's just "childish" to use the gender field to "express myself" and enter "Ada Lovelace". What purpose does that have? Or to fill in "yes" in the gender field? It's just stupid and doesn't belong there.