Facebook adds 50 new gender options

[satimy]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/13/tech/s...tom/index.html


Is this the beauty of tolerance or people being a little crazy? Is gender really a social construct?

[schwarzkopf]

Is gender really a social construct?

It shouldn't be - but it is.

Thus the need to do this sort of crazy stuff.

[Deleted]

seriously? 50 gender options? I think if there's ever a topic where "lol" fits, this is it.

[Deleted]

Good I was looking for more options when Fraping people.

[Sam the Wiser]

There's really only about 3 options you can really pick for this.

[satimy]

seriously? 50 gender options? I think if there's ever a topic where "lol" fits, this is it.

Personally I think its to low, what if someone identifies as a Giraffe or Dolphin? Where are those options?

[willtron]

... male, female, rather not say.


what are the other 47? more importantly; who cares?

[satimy]

There's really only about 3 options you can really pick for this.

No theres male female and custom and in the custom option theres a lot of options.

[Deleted]

Ridiculous, you are either male, female or something inbetween, it is ridiculous to claim there are 50 options.

[Chelly]

Thanks tumblr!

But really what the hell is "Trans(asterisk)Person"?

[Rukentuts]

Thanks tumblr!

Wow stole my answer.

Because yeah, Facebook really wants publicity by catering to the Tumblrists apparently.

[Sam the Wiser]

No theres male female and custom and in the custom option theres a lot of options.

I'm talking from a non-crazed social media view. You're either male, female, or neither(hermaphrodite).

[satimy]

If you have a facebook go check it out, its a lot of fun being a cisgender androg for a few hours.

[thedinosaur]

Good I was looking for more options when Fraping people.

thinking the same thing.

[Slant]

Ridiculous, you are either male, female or something inbetween, it is ridiculous to claim there are 50 options.

I think what Facebook is telling us is that the "something in between" option clearly is the majority of all people in the world, hence the clearly well thought out prioritisation (did I spell that right? wth) of every single conceivable option anyone could have. This makes total sense and was totally needed to have a proper representation of everything humanity is all about.

By now I'm not even sure if that was serious or not... fooled myself there...

[Rukentuts]

Ridiculous, you are either male, female or something inbetween, it is ridiculous to claim there are 50 options.

Oh my God I'm looking through the list right now and laughing my ass off.

Trans Man or Trans Male? The fuck is the difference?

[Deleted]

Oh my God I'm looking through the list right now and laughing my ass off.

Trans Man or Trans Male? The fuck?

There is a difference? Does anyone outside of Tumblr even care?

[Alandalus]

I think what's more entertaining is the amount of people genuinely upset about it. I hope some conservative site like breitbart picks this up so we can see some heads explode.

[Tastyfish]

who cares?

The people who want to use them.
Clearly they made the move based on data they had that said it would/could fly, it's not some random off the cuff choice.

[Garnier Fructis]

I don't see these options on my facebook.

Kind of disappointed.