Makaze

I do not think about it, but if I happen to have food and see a starving person, I would probably feed them.

I like that.

 

Eh I don't mind your personal preferences, but I just think it's weird to hide something like your sex.

And I say sex because sex and gender are different things, but that's a whole other conversation.

Oh well whatevs
whatever you're into

Boy I'm like 99.9% sure.

 

I find it weird that we would try to share our sexes online. Can you think of a reason to that does not relate to sexism?

 

sHe's an Hermaphrodite...

The only type of person who can take your giant load of bullsht and then fuk you right back with it.

 

You could say this thread is very...sexy.

Spoiler

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In my eyes a forum is a place to make friends, get to know people, talk about your interests, share thoughts, your life experiences, etc. I'm not saying you have to dump your personal life onto KHV, but the fact that you're hiding away key parts of yourself on a site made to be social just kind of doesn't make sense to me. I don't think it has anything to do with sexism. If someone wants to form an opinion based solely on your sex than it's their problem, not yours. Unless I'm misunderstanding what you mean.

I just think the whole "mysterious online identity" thing a lot of people do is just silly. Like at the end of the day do whatever gets you to sleep at night, it's just not my personal preference.

 

Makaze's gender?

Easy.

He doesn't have one.

He comes from the planet Alternia.

The Trolls don't have gender.​

 

I have a quarrel with this. You said "key parts of yourself". That is sexist.

Is the color of my hair a key part of myself that I need to share with others in order for them to know me well?

 

Actually, tis kind of better you keep things to yourself unless you meet someone you feel comfortable sharing yourself with... Cause you don't know what everyone is going to do with the information you gave the other person behind a computer screen somewhere else. Even then, it's good to be cautious.

Says the one who ends up to be an open book to most people here... *coughs*

 

Hmm, I disagree. Gender/sex can be a key part of many people's identity..

 

Only if they make it out to be. And even then it is based in patterns and what they see in other people rather than in their own identity. I hold that a sex is as a sex does. Some people with female genitalia have more traits in common in the average male than the average female, and vice versa for male genitalia.

Does that mean that their being female is less a part of their identity than someone who is normative to most females? If so, then why do you feel that is the case?

Some females have personalities that would seem more normal for a male to have. However, normative values are no basis for identity, especially sexual identity. "A female is as a female" does, not "a female is as most females do". The same applies to men in the same position.

 

2+2=4

Droid4 Productions

I can see it now, Scar~

 

And another thread has been Makaze'd.

Then again the title did that already.

 

Yes, in French (or other latin languages) words are spelled in accordance to sentences' subject genders. Not knowing the gender of the people you' re talking to is extremely unsettling, I tend to avoid speaking on-line to the very few people that don' t specify their gender in their profile, if I really have to I just treat them as males.

That' s not nearly as much of a problem in English though ...

Edit : But even then, more broadly, revealing your gender is just basic politeness. Purposefully holding out that information can only be read as rude, distrustful or childish.

 

Why is it unsettling? It is only unsettling if either you or the intended recipient cares about what you use.

I feel that neither party should not care.

Asking for it can only be seen as intrusive and judgmental. What if I am a transsexual? Would asking not then become a point of some controversy that could even cause one to stop speaking with me, depending on one's sensibilities?

People judge others' actions based on their sex appeal when they know what their sex is. If you are a straight male, you will naturally see females as more attractive in whatever they do. If you are a straight female, the reverse can also be true.

Other than having "correct" usages in language, sex's only value to another person is to judge one's compatibility as a partner.

 

I'm bisexual so you're sexy to me anyway :lolface:

 

Isn' t the assumption that people will be judgmental about it judgmental in and of itself ?

Also, indicating your gender says nothing about your sex and for all I know you could be lying about it. In French when people start speaking about themselves they have to settle for a gender anyway, even if their spelling sucks big time sooner or later the confusion will end. If they try and cheat their way around it then clearly they' re just toying with you.

If I' m speaking to a complete stranger it won' t bother me, I' ll settle for the default male gender, but if the conversation becomes more friendly and they still keep their gender hidden then I' ll read it as either distrustful (and then I don' t have any reason to keep trusting them either) or childish (which was the case with you for the short time it lasted and I indulged you).

Maybe you got a point, maybe some people may have issues about it or something, but they have as much the right to have weird feelings on this issue as I have to right to feel unsettled by it, wouldn' t you agree ?

 

Is this one of those situations where people are using both gender and sex in the same way? That is to say, interchangeably?

Because if that is true, I will be a sad...thing.

 

I have not used gender at all, to my knowledge.

 

*reads up*
Ah yes, sorry, I like people to specify a gender on-line, I don' t need to know their sex, even less their sexual orientation.