Sexism in the forums
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When answering questions, I find myself always referring to other OP's as 'he' or 'him'. Now if I see the person's full name (and it's a Western Name), that may be all right. However, lots of OP's use aliases, and to be honest, I'm at odds to determine a person's sex from his/her name when it's an African or Asian name. On the other hand, I don't want to write he/she or her/him all the time, as it cramps my style, and wears out the keyboard. Would it be a good idea to add this information to the OP's profile, and maybe overlay the OP's icon with a little symbol that allows us to address people politely and correctly? (Chris, and think of the data mining possibilities: statistics on the battle of the sexes, who gets the most 5's, who writes the most crap articles? :-D )
Put a disclaimer in your sig, something like: "Dear reader, since I do not know your gender and because I think it is irrelevant to our discussion. I will henceforth address everybody, male or female, with a male attribution to make my writing more enjoyable to read. I appologise for any inconvenience I may have caused you or your momma."
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When answering questions, I find myself always referring to other OP's as 'he' or 'him'. Now if I see the person's full name (and it's a Western Name), that may be all right. However, lots of OP's use aliases, and to be honest, I'm at odds to determine a person's sex from his/her name when it's an African or Asian name. On the other hand, I don't want to write he/she or her/him all the time, as it cramps my style, and wears out the keyboard. Would it be a good idea to add this information to the OP's profile, and maybe overlay the OP's icon with a little symbol that allows us to address people politely and correctly? (Chris, and think of the data mining possibilities: statistics on the battle of the sexes, who gets the most 5's, who writes the most crap articles? :-D )
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When answering questions, I find myself always referring to other OP's as 'he' or 'him'. Now if I see the person's full name (and it's a Western Name), that may be all right. However, lots of OP's use aliases, and to be honest, I'm at odds to determine a person's sex from his/her name when it's an African or Asian name. On the other hand, I don't want to write he/she or her/him all the time, as it cramps my style, and wears out the keyboard. Would it be a good idea to add this information to the OP's profile, and maybe overlay the OP's icon with a little symbol that allows us to address people politely and correctly? (Chris, and think of the data mining possibilities: statistics on the battle of the sexes, who gets the most 5's, who writes the most crap articles? :-D )
Michel Godfroid wrote:
I don't want to write he/she or her/him all the time, as it cramps my style, and wears out the keyboard.
Have you not realised that words 'He' and 'She' both contain H and E and that 'Him' and 'Her' are 3 characters in length. So I think you're mistaken about wearing out your keyboard. In fact refering to someone as 'He' and 'Him' would prolong the life of your keyboard. I love being a smart-arse :-D
Steve Jowett ------------------------- Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to read.
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Michel Godfroid wrote:
to add this information to the OP's profile,
Holding this piece of information in a database is illegal in France.
Rage wrote:
Holding this piece of information in a database is illegal in France
I think it's illegal in most European Countries, if your database is held in the confines of the EU. (you have to register your database with the authorities) However you must also allow people to change the information you keep about them, so gender changers, welcome :-)
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aspdotnetdev wrote:
I'm going to assume you're a man
Was last time I looked, but I find myself sitting down on the toilet more and more often, due to my advanced age :-D
Live gets tough after 30 :)
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When answering questions, I find myself always referring to other OP's as 'he' or 'him'. Now if I see the person's full name (and it's a Western Name), that may be all right. However, lots of OP's use aliases, and to be honest, I'm at odds to determine a person's sex from his/her name when it's an African or Asian name. On the other hand, I don't want to write he/she or her/him all the time, as it cramps my style, and wears out the keyboard. Would it be a good idea to add this information to the OP's profile, and maybe overlay the OP's icon with a little symbol that allows us to address people politely and correctly? (Chris, and think of the data mining possibilities: statistics on the battle of the sexes, who gets the most 5's, who writes the most crap articles? :-D )
If a woman here wants it known that's she's not man, and her user ID doesn't actually suggest her gender (like "Trollslayer"), she'll say something when she gets tired of being referred to as he/him. Given that an overwhelming percentage of programmers are male, I would say that putting too much time into being politically correct is a huge waste of time.
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If a woman here wants it known that's she's not man, and her user ID doesn't actually suggest her gender (like "Trollslayer"), she'll say something when she gets tired of being referred to as he/him. Given that an overwhelming percentage of programmers are male, I would say that putting too much time into being politically correct is a huge waste of time.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001No-one's name indicates their gender. Nor, in fact, their sex. For example, Hillary may be male or female, and my MD is called Patrick Mary Joseph Tattan. Even your name only indicates your sex, however, your gender is your own business. (I suspect masculine though, given the posts). However, as you say, anyone who wishes to be addressed in the correct personal pronoun ought at some point indicate which would be the correct one.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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If a woman here wants it known that's she's not man, and her user ID doesn't actually suggest her gender (like "Trollslayer"), she'll say something when she gets tired of being referred to as he/him. Given that an overwhelming percentage of programmers are male, I would say that putting too much time into being politically correct is a huge waste of time.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
Unless you go to the bother of using gender neutral pronouns this would cause more trouble that it's worth. If someone is actually sexist it gets dealth with. Trust me. ;) Signed The Tigress :laugh:
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Well said sir!
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Girls? We got Girls? Real Girls? Real Girls with girly hair and skirts type girls? MMMMMMmmmmm!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
When I was enrolled at Stevens Institute of Technology we used to say that 90% of women in University are good looking and the other 10% go to "Tech". :sigh:
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