"After all, when you introduce yourself in the real world, its apparent from either the looks or voice whether you're male or female."
Apparently, it's really not. I get called 'sir' all the time, and I'm a tall skinny chick with long hair. One memorable week, it happened four times. On another memorable occasion, I was wearing a bright pink coat.
"it paints things as being really bad for women in america; I doubt it's really that bad."
Let me tell you my experiences as a woman in America.
Online, we get to deal with turds like these: fatuglyorslutty.com. You know what else? 50-year-old men private messaging you pictures of their penises. It's happened three times. o_O
Maybe it's the anonymity, as one poster suggested, and clearly face to face interaction isn't that bad? I had a classmate tell me that I only got into college because of my gender. Never mind that my GPA nearly two points (out of four) higher than theirs.
Ever been flashed trying to work a drive thru? I have.
"having the gender by default will make it easier to make a better interface"
If your developers are worth their paychecks, they can probably figure out to handle 'decline to answer' and 'other' as the same case.
Apparently, it's really not. I get called 'sir' all the time, and I'm a tall skinny chick with long hair. One memorable week, it happened four times. On another memorable occasion, I was wearing a bright pink coat.
"it paints things as being really bad for women in america; I doubt it's really that bad."
Let me tell you my experiences as a woman in America.
Online, we get to deal with turds like these: fatuglyorslutty.com. You know what else? 50-year-old men private messaging you pictures of their penises. It's happened three times. o_O
Maybe it's the anonymity, as one poster suggested, and clearly face to face interaction isn't that bad? I had a classmate tell me that I only got into college because of my gender. Never mind that my GPA nearly two points (out of four) higher than theirs.
Ever been flashed trying to work a drive thru? I have.
"having the gender by default will make it easier to make a better interface"
If your developers are worth their paychecks, they can probably figure out to handle 'decline to answer' and 'other' as the same case.