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Of all the things people want to fight about, it's gender?

• masterzora 15y ago
  It's an important issue and it's not as if you're only allowed to choose one thing to fight for.
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  • nhangen 15y ago
    Why is it an important issue?
• akkartik 15y ago
  Not really fight; it was just weird that of all the fields that could be mandatory they chose gender.
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  • masterzora 15y ago
    It was "just weird" for some of us, but it was actually a legitimate problem for others. I don't think I'd use the word "fight" either, but it's better than trivialising to being "just weird".
  • joejohnson 15y ago
    I think a possible explanation for this is that they use gender-specific pronouns in other parts of the site: "he said this...", "she +1'd this...", etc. So, I think they needed to re-word more than just the profile section with gender-neutral pronouns. I don't think this is a trivial task, and maybe that's why it will take until the end of the week.
    • masterzora 15y ago
      Can you point me at a specific place they use gender-specific pronouns? I've been looking for them since day one and I don't remember seeing any anywhere on G+. Is it only a non-English thing, or is it some strange situation I've not seen yet, or have I just missed something obvious?
• parfe 15y ago
  I think the dog house should be red.