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SpongeBarb Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

gender

0There is a survey going on in internet, asking a series of questions and the first of them being "What is your gender? " Someone answered: "01i00I don't have a "gender," but I am of the female sex."02i02br
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00I'm wondering what's wrong about the question "What is your gender". To me it's the same as "Are you female or male".02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00There is a survey going on in internet, asking a series of questions and the first of them being "What is your gender? "02i 02font 02br 02br 01font 00I'm wondering what's wrong about the question "What is your gender". 02font 02br 02br 00'Gender' is a word that used to be used only for grammar discussions, eg in sentences like 'French nouns are classified by gender'.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00There is a survey going on in internet, asking a series of questions and the first of them being "What is your gender?
  • "02i 02font 02br 02br 01font 00I'm wondering what's wrong about the question "What is your gender".
  • 02font 02br 02br 00'Gender' is a word that used to be used only for grammar discussions, eg in sentences like 'French nouns are classified by gender'.
  • Forms would ask you to identify your '***'.
  • Because the word '***' was also associated with the *** act itself, some people became uncomfortable with using the word '***'.
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0Hi,02br
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01font00There is a survey going on in internet, asking a series of questions and the first of them being "What is your gender? " Someone answered: "01i00I don't have a "gender," but I am of the female ***."02i02font02br
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01font00I'm wondering what's wrong
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0Most obliged, Clive.050010id1
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