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Indeed. I consider "gender" even sillier - e.g. Facebook adding 100s of different genders to their website - how about just removing the field altogether? Same

by tomp 6y ago

Indeed. I consider "gender" even sillier - e.g. Facebook adding 100s of different genders to their website - how about just removing the field altogether? Same about "legal sex" - why would the government care in the first place?! (Doctors might, but the rest of the government, not really.)

ponker 6y ago
This is for Facebook's ad targeting. They want advertisers to be able to advertise to 21-24 year old women in California.
- jfengel 6y ago
  They can probably infer it as accurately as asking people. The inference isn't always accurate, but people don't always tell the truth, either.
  - ecnahc515 6y ago
    They can do both. Someone lying or their inference being wrong about their gender is yet another new data point.
wang_li 6y ago
Different sexes have different civic obligations. E.g. Selective Service, a.k.a the draft, in the US.
- jfk13 6y ago
  Sounds like it's ripe for a discrimination lawsuit.
  - dragonwriter 6y ago
    > Sounds like it's ripe for a discrimination lawsuit. Such a lawsuit has occurred: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Coalition_for_Men_v._Selective_Service_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Coalition_for_Men_v._...
InitialLastName 6y ago
I can see wanting to know what pronouns someone uses so you can autogenerate reasonable sentences about that person (i.e. "Tomp marked himself safe from the rabid bears in Honolulu")