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Not asking.
by counttheforks 4y ago
Not asking.
- ShredKazoo 4y agoThis user disagrees fwiw: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34341269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34341269
- kgwxd 4y agoIf no one was asking in the first place, no one would be left out. There are obviously places where it's relevant to ask, in which case, an open text field with no list of "normal" options should be sufficient.
- luckylion 4y agoThe answer is obvious. First: ask the user for their opinion about asking users about their gender, then ask or don't ask.
- aidenn0 4y agoI think "asking for pronouns" as that user mentions seems like a reasonable place to land. It has a clear potential use, and isn't confusing about what it is asking.
- deelowe 4y agoWhat should the option be when I'm searching for clothes and I want to filter out dresses and blouses?
- counttheforks 4y agoMasculine, Feminine, Male cut, Female cut, etc. Notably you'd ask this when the user is searching for a specific product, not during signup.
- BaseballPhysics 4y agoA filter list by garment type that lets you filter out dresses and blouses?
- gardenhedge 4y agoSo then you get trousers. One made for a male body and one for a female body...
- BaseballPhysics 4y agoLet me filter by style, waist, hip and in-seam. Frankly, that'd be a hell of a lot more useful. Maybe I'd actually be able to buy something that fits...
- chucksta 4y agoVanity sizing would still mess with your dream, which is the real issue with finding the right size.
- BaseballPhysics 4y agoThat's why I mentioned measurements not vanity sizes. Give me waist, hip, and in-seam in centimeters or inches and let me filter by picking ranges. That's infinitely more useful than gendered S/M/L "sizes".
- gardenhedge 4y agoNo it is not. You would end up getting styles aimed at the wrong gender..
- chucksta 4y agoVanity sizing means the items is listed as a smaller size than it truly is, changing the units doesn't change anything. They can still say its 28" when its really 30".
- 4y ago
- johnsonap 4y agoWhat category of clothing it is? dresses and blouses don't need to be gendered just as much as a t-shirt doesn't need to be gendered
- maxwell 4y agoYou're not aware of the differences between men's and women's T-shirts?
- johnsonap 4y agoOh I’m aware, they just don’t need to exist. I wear both men’s and women’s shirts, and dresses and pants and skirts and whatever I want and they all fit me just fine. That’s the point I’m trying to make, it’s a false binary
- minsc_and_boo 4y ago[flagged]
- counttheforks 4y agoBefore I respond to your post, I need you to fill out this questionnaire so I can correctly tailor my post to your identity: * Race * Gender * Sex * Age * Eye color * Breast size * Size of reproductive organ Wouldn't want to accidentally be prejudiced! So, to make sure my reply is fully-inclusive, please let me know this information. Thanks. --- Please don't actually do that. My point is to demonstrate that you can be perfectly non-prejudiced without obsessing over race and gender. And once you start that obsession, it looks a hell of a lot like you are prejudiced.
- minsc_and_boo 4y ago[flagged]
- counttheforks 4y agoI haven't asked once yet. Consider this the first and only time.