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On the plus side, why are they storing gender info in the first place?

• kingcharles 5y ago
  Because zero thought went into the account signup form. It just asked for whatever the coder who wrote it thought it needed. Shit, it might even have been me who wrote the signup. I don't remember. This was back in 1999. Now I try to ask for the absolute bare minimum of information to onboard someone. No information at all if I can! Times have changed. Damn, I don't even identify as a binary gender myself anymore and hate forms that ask me.
• jaywalk 5y ago
  Why would you jump to the assumption that they don't need to store gender?
  • easrng 5y ago
    Because there are very few situations where storing gender is nesecary.
  • lostlogin 5y ago
    Having worked in a healthcare setting and having had a patient come through who had undergone gender reassignment surgery, it turns out to be easier get the surgery than to get their gender and name changed in the healthcare database. I said I’d help them get it fixed, but I couldn’t get this done.