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There are cultures in which the honorific is required. There are cultures in which it is not only not required but despised. I have encountered too many web for

by bregma 6y ago

There are cultures in which the honorific is required. There are cultures in which it is not only not required but despised. I have encountered too many web forms in which a gendered honorific is required input, and you must select from a drop-down list. The people who design those forms are second in line to be put against the wall when the revolution comes. Right behind the people who design free-form input for international telephone numbers but have a hidden undocumented mandatory format that gets rejected and all you see is a red asterisk beside the field when you "Submit" is rejected and all the other fields get blanked out.

Akronymus 6y ago
> I have encountered too many web forms in which a gendered honorific is required input, and you must select from a drop-down list. We have 3 gender options, mandated by law, in a dropdown which makes sense for our company. But we don't mandate honoriffics, nor do we use a gendered form where possible. And all input goes through an employee. (We are a worker leasing company, ONLY active in Austria) > Right behind the people who design free-form input for international telephone numbers but have a hidden undocumented mandatory format that gets rejected and all you see is a red asterisk beside the field when you "Submit" is rejected and all the other fields get blanked out. You need a revolution to justify it?
- liability 6y ago
  What is the obstensible purpose of this law that requires you to collect and store information about peoples' gender? I can't fathom why a legislature would ever think that necessary. It just doesn't seem like useful information in most contexts, almost like asking for astrological signs and blood type. I've seen those on forms before and they seem to serve no real purpose.
  - Akronymus 6y ago
    The law is that we need to have 3 option, male, female, diverse. Also: We employ people to work at a different company through us.

by bregma 6y ago

Akronymus 6y ago

> I have encountered too many web forms in which a gendered honorific is required input, and you must select from a drop-down list. We have 3 gender options, mandated by law, in a dropdown which makes sense for our company. But we don't mandate honoriffics, nor do we use a gendered form where possible. And all input goes through an employee. (We are a worker leasing company, ONLY active in Austria) > Right behind the people who design free-form input for international telephone numbers but have a hidden undocumented mandatory format that gets rejected and all you see is a red asterisk beside the field when you "Submit" is rejected and all the other fields get blanked out. You need a revolution to justify it?

liability 6y ago
What is the obstensible purpose of this law that requires you to collect and store information about peoples' gender? I can't fathom why a legislature would ever think that necessary. It just doesn't seem like useful information in most contexts, almost like asking for astrological signs and blood type. I've seen those on forms before and they seem to serve no real purpose.
- Akronymus 6y ago
  The law is that we need to have 3 option, male, female, diverse. Also: We employ people to work at a different company through us.