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Author Topic:   RANT: Gender does not equal Sex !!!!
ohnhai
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Message 1 of 6 (356212)
10-12-2006 10:32 PM


GAHHHHHHH!!!!
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It drives me nuts that people seem to think ”Gender’ is simply a polite way of asking what ”Sex’ you are!!!!.
Every time I encounter a form that asks Gender : Male - Female, I almost loose it
It begs the question what do they want to know? Am I Male or Female, or am I Masculine or Feminine? The latter is absolutely none of their business, and frankly most of the time neither is the former.
All I can think of is it’s down to ignorance and a deep seated dislike for the word ”Sex’ being used in public .
We need a major education program to educate the masses, if for nothing else than to save my blood pressure.
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ohnhai
Member (Idle past 5191 days)
Posts: 649
From: Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 11-17-2004


Message 3 of 6 (356216)
10-12-2006 11:05 PM
Reply to: Message 2 by nwr
10-12-2006 10:52 PM


Re: Counter-rant - "gender" is a grammatical term.
Sorry I wouldnt want to be acused of being a pendant!
Edited by ohnhai, : No reason given.

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