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It's you. Who's to say the pink icon wearing a dress is female? Who's to say the blue icon in pants is male? Isn't making that assumption sexist in itself? Edi
by jgeorge 12y ago
It's you. Who's to say the pink icon wearing a dress is female? Who's to say the blue icon in pants is male? Isn't making that assumption sexist in itself?
Edit: removed snark
- reuwsaat 12y agowho's to say? please see ridiculous amount of references to bathrooms in other comments. next time i'll just submit something on bathrooms. i think it'd do great on hn.
- jeremysmyth 12y agoBathrooms are the most prevalent form of gender segregation on the planet, and they must have easily-communicated disambiguating symbols to work as such. I think it's perfectly reasonable to consider them a prevailing example when discussing a thread about gender-identifying symbols.