Spot that specifies gender

[joepythons]

Any possibilities of this request happening

[iceman25]

Any possibilities of this request happening

Filed under things to consider for the future. May or may not happen depending on future upgrades and how the software evolves. However, we never rule any option out regardless of the default system capabilities. Hope that answers your question Joe.

[joepythons]

Filed under things to consider for the future. May or may not happen depending on future upgrades and how the software evolves. However, we never rule any option out regardless of the default system capabilities. Hope that answers your question Joe.

Sounds like a plan to me Thanks

[Jenn]

I hate to be a stickler but I believe the OP is looking for our "sex" rather than our "gender". Sex refers to either of the two major forms of individuals that occur in many species and that are distinguished respectively as female or male on the basis of their reproductive organs. Whereas, gender refers to the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex.

Sure, you could ask everyone what their gender is, but many people don't even know their own gender. And those who do would probably never tell you anyway. There is just way too much discrimination surrounding gender today. And, another problem is that gender is not black and white. People can lean strongly one way or the other, or be right down the middle.

While most people are unwilling to share their pschological gender traits with the world, there are many physical traits that can't be so easily hidden. The two most noticeable are finger length, and hair spiral direction. Individuals possessing mostly female gender traits will generally have an index finger (on one, or both, hands) that is longer than their ring finger. Very feminine women, gay, and transgendered men will typically possess this trait, whereas, very macho men, and lesbian women, will generally have a shorter index finger than their ring finger. Hair spiral direction is another very visible clue, clockwise for male and counterclockwise for female.

If you don't think the gender lines are blurred, just walk into any honky-tonk on a Saturday night where you can see all the cowboys cleaned-up pretty and twirling about in their pointy heels and frilly shirts. Or, think about the huge numbers of women who are fans of professional sports that they are not even allowed to participate in. The world of male dominated sports is clearly an outlet for men's primitive need to do battle while living in a "civilized" world. Women are abused by their husbands and boyfriends ten times more on Super-bowl Sunday than any other day of the year! It's the single biggest domestic violence day of the year, yet many women love it.

Of course, if the OP really wants to know about our gender rather than our sex perhaps we should should just post pictures of our hands.

[littleindiangirl]

ahh!!! My ring finger is longer than my forefinger!!!! I need to reassess my life... j/k. I've heard this before, but I have also heard that it's all pseudo science. I don't if either is right or wrong.

[Patrick Long]

I hate to be a stickler but I believe the OP is looking for our "sex" rather than our "gender". Sex refers to either of the two major forms of individuals that occur in many species and that are distinguished respectively as female or male on the basis of their reproductive organs. Whereas, gender refers to the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex.

Sure, you could ask everyone what their gender is, but many people don't even know their own gender. And those who do would probably never tell you anyway. There is just way too much discrimination surrounding gender today. And, another problem is that gender is not black and white. People can lean strongly one way or the other, or be right down the middle.

While most people are unwilling to share their pschological gender traits with the world, there are many physical traits that can't be so easily hidden. The two most noticeable are finger length, and hair spiral direction. Individuals possessing mostly female gender traits will generally have an index finger (on one, or both, hands) that is longer than their ring finger. Very feminine women, gay, and transgendered men will typically possess this trait, whereas, very macho men, and lesbian women, will generally have a shorter index finger than their ring finger. Hair spiral direction is another very visible clue, clockwise for male and counterclockwise for female.

If you don't think the gender lines are blurred, just walk into any honky-tonk on a Saturday night where you can see all the cowboys cleaned-up pretty and twirling about in their pointy heels and frilly shirts. Or, think about the huge numbers of women who are fans of professional sports that they are not even allowed to participate in. The world of male dominated sports is clearly an outlet for men's primitive need to do battle while living in a "civilized" world. Women are abused by their husbands and boyfriends ten times more on Super-bowl Sunday than any other day of the year! It's the single biggest domestic violence day of the year, yet many women love it.

Of course, if the OP really wants to know about our gender rather than our sex perhaps we should should just post pictures of our hands.

Uhhh.......what?

[Freakie_frog]

I'm with you Pat...WHAT?

[joepythons]

I hate to be a stickler but I believe the OP is looking for our "sex" rather than our "gender". Sex refers to either of the two major forms of individuals that occur in many species and that are distinguished respectively as female or male on the basis of their reproductive organs. Whereas, gender refers to the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex.

Sure, you could ask everyone what their gender is, but many people don't even know their own gender. And those who do would probably never tell you anyway. There is just way too much discrimination surrounding gender today. And, another problem is that gender is not black and white. People can lean strongly one way or the other, or be right down the middle.

While most people are unwilling to share their pschological gender traits with the world, there are many physical traits that can't be so easily hidden. The two most noticeable are finger length, and hair spiral direction. Individuals possessing mostly female gender traits will generally have an index finger (on one, or both, hands) that is longer than their ring finger. Very feminine women, gay, and transgendered men will typically possess this trait, whereas, very macho men, and lesbian women, will generally have a shorter index finger than their ring finger. Hair spiral direction is another very visible clue, clockwise for male and counterclockwise for female.

If you don't think the gender lines are blurred, just walk into any honky-tonk on a Saturday night where you can see all the cowboys cleaned-up pretty and twirling about in their pointy heels and frilly shirts. Or, think about the huge numbers of women who are fans of professional sports that they are not even allowed to participate in. The world of male dominated sports is clearly an outlet for men's primitive need to do battle while living in a "civilized" world. Women are abused by their husbands and boyfriends ten times more on Super-bowl Sunday than any other day of the year! It's the single biggest domestic violence day of the year, yet many women love it.

Of course, if the OP really wants to know about our gender rather than our sex perhaps we should should just post pictures of our hands.

Uuum NEWS FLASH please refrain from trying to turn this request into something its NOT .I could care less who someone gets busy with.I simply asked if we could show something that says you are a BOY or a GIRL NOT WHO YOU SLEEP WITH .

[Syka]

I think a place to specify gender on the site could be a good thing... for people that want to use it. Just because it would be there does not mean you HAVE to use it.
I think the simple topic went way off in left field.. to a whole other issue.

[kc261]

To be easiest to identify the gender of a poster, it would be nice if the colored spot or whatever, showed up beside their posts. sort of like: name, bpnet veteran, avatar picture, join date, location, gender, number of posts, etc.

However, it might be easier to add to the site on the profile page, under "additional information". At least it would be there for those who cared to take the time to go looking.

I think this would be a great addition, as long as sharing the information was optional.

Oh yeah, and before I posted using the word "gender", I looked it up in an online dictionary. The definition of being synonymous with "sex" was listed before the one about traits associated with a particular sex. So nothing wrong with using the word gender here.