Non-motoring > Tricky gender question Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Ambo Replies: 9
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 Mon 12 Jan 15 10:13 
 Tricky gender question - Ambo
Being enrolled on a FutureLearn course starting soon, I was asked to fill in a preliminary questionnaire. In the section for gender, I was asked to tick one of the alternatives Male/Female/Other/Prefer not to say.

What sexes might be entered under Other?
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 Mon 12 Jan 15 10:17 
 Tricky gender question - VxFan
>> What sexes might be entered under Other?

Take your pick from the ones Facebook offer.

www.cbsnews.com/news/male-female-other-new-gender-options-for-facebook-users/
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 Mon 12 Jan 15 10:30 
 Tricky gender question - Ambo
Noted with thanks but this looks like over-supply and "gender fluid" seems a bit ambiguous.
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 Mon 12 Jan 15 10:43 
 Tricky gender question - Bromptonaut
The question is presumably intended to deal with people who identify as transexual. It should be more explicit though.
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 Mon 12 Jan 15 11:08 
 Tricky gender question - Cliff Pope
There doesn't seem to be a category of "None".
Isn't that a bit discrimatory - there must be lots of Vatican castrati and former employees of the Chinese imperial court who would love to be able to use Facebook?
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 Mon 12 Jan 15 13:56 
 Tricky gender question - Ambo
>>Vatican castrati

They might have lost interest since I believe they would be about 140 years old by now.
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 Mon 12 Jan 15 14:04 
 Tricky gender question - Armel Coussine
>> Vatican castrati

Eunuchs guarded the early Muslim monarch Harun al-Rashid's sinfully huge harem... European women were especially prized and pampered.

No one was going to call an absolute monarch followed everywhere by a faithful executioner (whose services he often used in an impulsive sort of way) a dog in the manger.
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 Mon 12 Jan 15 11:23 
 Tricky gender question - Bromptonaut
>> Noted with thanks but this looks like over-supply and "gender fluid" seems a bit ambiguous.

One long standing member of our training team, previously alled 'Bill' too to androgynous clothing/hair etc and adopted preferred name of 'Katie'. No alterations to tackle etc.

It's only a short step further to flip from one to the other according which you feel like that morning.
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 Mon 12 Jan 15 12:20 
 Tricky gender question - bathtub tom
>> according which you feel like that morning.

Gives me a mental image of three-in-a-bed.
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 Tue 13 Jan 15 09:39 
 Tricky gender question - Ambo
I suggest another classification, None Of the Above
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