Gender Choices? [NA]

[ColoPilot]

I was registering on a website and had to enter my gender. Here were my choices (full disclosure: this was for an event in ultra left wing Boulder):

• Male
• Female
• Transgender
• Gender-fluid (huh??)
• Non-binary (huh??)
• Prefer not to answer

Now I'm confused....

 

[PaulS]

 

[ChrisK]

Are you not sure which one you are?

 

[ColoPilot]

Are you not sure which one you are?

I thought I knew, but that was when there was only 2 choices.

 

[eman1200]

by the looks of the list, you're not the only one that's confused

 

[frfly172]

What happened to the all of the above choices?

 

[Sac Arrow]

I thought it said Gander and I instantly felt Newfoundland

 

[Clark1961]

Things were much simpler long ago. There were pitchers and there were catchers. Now folks play for all teams...

 

[DaleB]

Now I'm confused....

And apparently they allowed for that.

 

[labbadabba]

I'm a good lefty, but I haven't a clue either...

 

[Stewartb]

Hmm. Both sexes have gender fluid. I like it. That gets my vote.

What was the question?

 

[Pilawt]

Hmm. Both sexes have gender fluid. I like it. That gets my vote.

I thought that had to do with Monica's blue dress.

 

[cowman]

They don't even refer to it as "sex" anymore so you can't write in "yes, please". The world is goin to heck in a handbasket I tell ya

 

[weilke]

Non-binary sounds good. How about tetradecimal ?

 

[NoHeat]

I was registering on a website and had to enter my gender.

A website wants to know, eh?

Whatever you respond, that info will be out there, maybe forever, and maybe sold.

I’d bet your personal data will sell for a higher price if you choose fluid or non-binary than if you choose not to answer.

 

[ktup-flyer]

Attack helicopter wasn’t an option? Hmm

 

[Omalley1537]

Gender fluid...is that next to the blinker fluid at Autozone?

 

[SCCutler]

At the risk of being obvious, why are they even asking?

 

[SkyDog58]

Because rather than just answering with what he knows he is and moving on, he wants to poke fun at the choices that others might choose.

 

[Getonit]

It is worse than that....the "experts" say there are 60+ genders....i mean WTF? Tell them you feel offended by leaving your gender off and demand a safe place

 

[weilke]

It is worse than that....the "experts" say there are 60+ genders....i mean WTF?

That's like the old trope 'the eskimos have 100 names for snow'. I guess we now have '60 words for human'.



You may want to be careful with your insensitive use of the word 'fork'. With its obvious violent connotations you may trigger one of the snowflakes and throw them into a full blown trigglypuff attack.

 

[roncachamp]

I was registering on a website and had to enter my gender. Here were my choices (full disclosure: this was for an event in ultra left wing Boulder):

• Male
• Female
• Transgender
• Gender-fluid (huh??)
• Non-binary (huh??)
• Prefer not to answer

Now I'm confused....

It's not you, it's them.

 

[Dana]

That's like the old trope 'the eskimos have 100 names for snow'. I guess we now have '60 words for human'.

You may want to be careful with your insensitive use of the word 'fork'. With its obvious violent connotations you may trigger one of the snowflakes and throw them into a full blown trigglypuff attack.

So how many names are there for snowflakes?

 

[JCranford]

Because rather than just answering with what he knows he is and moving on, he wants to poke fun at the choices that others might choose.

And that's somehow bad, why...?

 

[Cooter]

It seems hard to mess that one up, but somehow people have figured out a way to confuse it.

 

[steingar]

I've known a few transgenders. I myself prefer the term "sex-reversed", but I am a geneticist.

 

[James331]

Actually I'm going to start a new thing.

I'll have my girl sexually identify as a service dog, that way she'll be able to fly with me for free.

What's the airline going to do?
Discriminate against my disability, or discriminate against her gender? Sounds like a great way to save money.

 

[steingar]

Actually I'm going to start a new thing.

I'll have my girl sexually identify as a service dog

That shouldn't be too difficult.







You really have to stop giving me such easy openings.

 

[PaulS]

Actually I'm going to start a new thing.

I'll have my girl sexually identify as a service dog, that way she'll be able to fly with me for free.

What's the airline going to do?
Discriminate against my disability, or discriminate against her gender? Sounds like a great way to save money.

Lol, have you run this by her yet? Please, please, please video the reaction if you haven't.

 

[James331]

Lol, have you run this by her yet? Please, please, please video the reaction if you haven't.

I'll have to get her the collar and service dog tag first, just make it seem like some kinky thing and she'll be cool, once she figures it's me trying to save $200 she get a little slappy lol

 

[MauleSkinner]

Select one:

A. I know what parts I have and what they do.

B. I don't know what parts I have or what they do.

 

[Salty]

Select one:

A. I know what parts I have and what they do.

B. I don't know what parts I have or what they do.

C. I wish I had different parts so I could see what they do

 

[SCCutler]

Because rather than just answering with what he knows he is and moving on, he wants to poke fun at the choices that others might choose.

I think you missed the point (or, perhaps, evaded it); I question why the folks who promulgated the question feel the need to ask.

 

[Everskyward]

Th OP didn’t state the type of event. Maybe that would clear it up. Personally, I don’t like demographic questions.

 

[bflynn]

Well I'm offended that they didn't include the full list of 107 gender choices. How dare they discriminate.

 

[bflynn]

Oops, make that 108 now. And 109....I'm sure it will be 110 by the time I post this...

 

[Cooter]

I think you missed the point (or, perhaps, evaded it); I question why the folks who promulgated the question feel the need to ask.

That’s a really good point. It makes sense to ask if gender is actually what we’ve historically understood it to be. But, if gender is simply a social construct, as the question itself likely presumes, then why does it matter? It then becomes not really a question about gender but a question about psychology.

 

[SkyDog58]

I think you missed the point (or, perhaps, evaded it); I question why the folks who promulgated the question feel the need to ask.

Who knows? I certainly don’t. The OP didn’t state what the site was and as Everskyward stated, that might clear things up. Regardless, OP can choose to answer the question as he sees fit or not answer it.

I also do not care for many demographic questions that various organizations want answered but I know how to answer them without ridiculing the other options. And if my decision to not answer a question disqualifies me from participating then so be it.

 

[Clark1961]

Th OP didn’t state the type of event. Maybe that would clear it up. Personally, I don’t like demographic questions.

Well it is Boulder so they absolutely must be sensitive to the needs and wants of their website audience. Unless being sensitive offends them then they don’t have to be sensitive.

 

[Salty]

That’s a really good point. It makes sense to ask if gender is actually what we’ve historically understood it to be. But, if gender is simply a social construct, as the question itself likely presumes, then why does it matter? It then becomes not really a question about gender but a question about psychology.

How can they discriminate against genders that they disapprove of and reward those that they do if they don't ask?

It's also a banner showing others where they stand.