Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:22 pm
Gallup wrote:I propose we make one gender: "Gender"
*Nods* Yes. I like this..
Because sometimes even national leaders just want to hang out
https://forum.nationstates.net/
Gallup wrote:I propose we make one gender: "Gender"
Susria wrote:
You mean the same good old days that believed in other past irrelevant beliefs that we have dismissed for newer ones? Because in the good old days they thought the Earth was flat, everything was created by god, and that the best way of organizing a mass means of agriculture meant planned famines. Seems pretty progressive and modern, right?
The Time Alliance wrote:Othelos wrote:I'm so sorry you have to deal with the pain of having more options for what to identify as.
But what If I don't indentify as them? Must I be the oppressed other? It's not fair...Now Facebook has to make it fair for me too. Even though I'm not even a small portion of Society. My rights are still there right?
Othelos wrote:The Time Alliance wrote:But what If I don't indentify as them? Must I be the oppressed other? It's not fair...Now Facebook has to make it fair for me too. Even though I'm not even a small portion of Society. My rights are still there right?
Feel free to contact Facebook and let them know of what they missed.
The Holy Therns wrote:Susria wrote:
You mean the same good old days that believed in other past irrelevant beliefs that we have dismissed for newer ones? Because in the good old days they thought the Earth was flat, everything was created by god, and that the best way of organizing a mass means of agriculture meant planned famines. Seems pretty progressive and modern, right?
...I'm going to assume you're aware I was joking.
The Two Jerseys wrote:If they're going to offer needlessly redundant choices, they could at least offer "guy", "dude", "chap", "fellow", and "bloke" as alternatives for "man".
Srboslavija wrote:Fifty bucks to anyone who can name all 56 without looking at the list
The Holy Therns wrote:http://blog.al.com/breaking/2014/02/heres_a_list_of_facebooks_new.html
So briefly, Facebook now allows 56 different gender identities rather than simply "man" and "woman" - and kindly asks for clarification regarding pronouns when you choose. In my opinion, considering the role Facebook now has in pop cultural consensus, this is excellent news and a great step forward.
Your own thoughts, my friends?
The Genoese Cromanatum wrote:Finally, my years of being an opressed multinational-transracial ethnically identifying south african zebra pan-dimensional otherkin demigod are over! Never again will I live in shame!
Solaray wrote:And here I thought there were only something like 5 different identities. Turns out there's 56.
The more you know...
The Time Alliance wrote:Liriena wrote:I disagree. Some people do not feel that they belong to the binary conception of gender that dominates much of the modern world, and denying them the possibility of accurately expressing their identity is harmful.
That's not what I meant by Un-needed. They have several Things you can choose that mean THE EXACT SAME THING.
What's the point of that. You don't need 5 Gender Options that mean the same thing......
The Glorious Eternal Revolution Land wrote:There are two genders, not 56, at least for humans. Biological fact.
Better but still kinda cissexist & binarist, insofar as it still has male and female as "default" genders and anything else is a deviation from that. And also cis/trans* status has been tagged onto gender rather than being put as a separate field (which is problematic because whether you're cis or trans* doesn't actually effect your gender or the way in which you are that gender, it's a socially constructed relationship between your gender and your assigned sex). And you still have to pick your gender from a list ANYWAY, it's just a bigger list (which is problematic because gender being defined by the individual, it's impossible to have an exhaustive list of all possible genders)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/13/facebook-gender_n_4782477.html
Grenartia wrote:IIRC, you have to be using the US English language option.
Srboslavija wrote:Had a squizz at ye olde' HuffPost user comments, apparently the new additions are not good enough.Better but still kinda cissexist & binarist, insofar as it still has male and female as "default" genders and anything else is a deviation from that. And also cis/trans* status has been tagged onto gender rather than being put as a separate field (which is problematic because whether you're cis or trans* doesn't actually effect your gender or the way in which you are that gender, it's a socially constructed relationship between your gender and your assigned sex). And you still have to pick your gender from a list ANYWAY, it's just a bigger list (which is problematic because gender being defined by the individual, it's impossible to have an exhaustive list of all possible genders)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/13/facebook-gender_n_4782477.html
The Time Alliance wrote:Edit: Plus as a Mormon we believe that God created Men and Women...not All this other stuff. I'll let Two-Spirit Slide though as it is religious/cultural and I can't argue with another groups religious/Cultural beliefs
The Time Alliance wrote:Othelos wrote:What exactly is your issue with people identifying as something besides male or female?
I don't....My Issue is Placing stuff that only like 100 People are going to click...AND THEN Putting FIVE different options for that.
Edit: Plus as a Mormon we believe that God created Men and Women...not All this other stuff. I'll let Two-Spirit Slide though as it is religious/cultural and I can't argue with another groups religious/Cultural beliefs
The Joseon Dynasty wrote:Christ alive, I have no clue what half those mean. I suppose it's a good option to have for those people who do, though (and identify as one/some of them).
The Time Alliance wrote:So wait? I read the list. I have some questions
1. Cis male and Cis Man? Are they not the same thing?
2. Two-Spirit is a gender? What? That's like...Religious are something....
Look the way I see it...There are Male's and Female's. Identify as whichever you want. I don't care but the genders are Male and Female.
Threlizdun wrote:A lot of them appear to be more or less saying the same thing,
Arkinesia wrote:The Time Alliance wrote:So wait? I read the list. I have some questions
1. Cis male and Cis Man? Are they not the same thing?
2. Two-Spirit is a gender? What? That's like...Religious are something....
Look the way I see it...There are Male's and Female's. Identify as whichever you want. I don't care but the genders are Male and Female.
The fact that there are supposed adults who care about gender terrifies me.
I feel like I'm living in a society full of oversized children.