Grex Oldcoop Conference

Item 246: Question your gender

Entered by thelawasshole on Thu Feb 17 19:53:50 2005:

Hi,

I recently created this account.  When I did so, it asked me for my gender.
Believing and understanding that no true distinction between genders is
possible, and therefore that I don't have a true and distinct gender, I
responded with "none".  The newuser programme responded with something
insulting like "wrong answer" or "stupid choice, bucko", and said (in a
sarcastic way) that most people are either male or female.

Well, nope.

I'm not.

Why does Grex wish to discriminate against me on the basis of my sexual
identity?  If I understand the Laws of the Prestigious Dominion of Canada
correctly, this would make entities of the corporation libel in various ways
under Canadian laws, especially since it was coupled with something that, as
far as I cabn understand, can only qualify as hate speech.

I request that Grex CHANGE its policy of discrimination and hate crime in the
service of the outdated and outmodded gender binary.
14 responses total.
#1 of 14 by tod on Thu Feb 17 21:21:05 2005:

Does it really force you to answer that question?

#2 of 14 by albaugh on Thu Feb 17 21:25:37 2005:

Here's a hint:  Drop your drawers, and look down...

#3 of 14 by scholar on Thu Feb 17 21:27:40 2005:

Re. 1: It doesn't FORCE you, but it doesn't allow you to choose anyhing but
m or f.

Re. 2: I don't see what my GIGANTIC PENIS has to do with this.

#4 of 14 by tod on Thu Feb 17 21:42:41 2005:

It shouldn't even ask if you don't want to answer.

#5 of 14 by richard on Thu Feb 17 22:07:41 2005:

True the newuser program seems to assume that no users requesting 
logins are hermaphrodites.  Just remove the gender question.

#6 of 14 by marcvh on Thu Feb 17 23:12:33 2005:

Should you also remove all the other questions which are more invasive
and personal than the gender question, such as birthdate, name, etc?

#7 of 14 by aruba on Fri Feb 18 02:17:45 2005:

I'm sure newuser doesn't require you to enter a gender.

#8 of 14 by scholar on Fri Feb 18 03:20:00 2005:

It doesn't REQURE you to enter one, but it doesn't let you enter NONE.

#9 of 14 by naftee on Fri Feb 18 05:22:12 2005:

YEAH, or "None" or "none" or even "NoNe" .  It's almost as bad as other.

#10 of 14 by saw on Fri Feb 18 15:10:41 2005:

By the way, this item has been archived offsite, so you can't erase it.

#11 of 14 by scholar on Fri Feb 18 22:13:31 2005:

This one too.

#12 of 14 by gregb on Fri Mar 4 17:03:19 2005:

Re. 0:  Get over yourself.  Even if you are Androgenous, you would still
tend to exibit traits/personality that lean more towards male or female.
 Just pick whichever yous does and move on.  It's hardly worth getting
into a tizzy about.

#13 of 14 by scholar on Fri Mar 4 20:29:27 2005:

The false distinction between malness and femaleness, and the idea that some
things of ourselves are inherently feminine or masculine, is a piece of
hoaxmanship that has been used to oppress about half the human population
since the beginning of existance, and I will have no part in it.

#14 of 14 by jesuit on Wed May 17 02:15:26 2006:

TROGG IS DAVID BLAINE

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