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Gender specifications on your Mumsnet account: update

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SarahMumsnet · 20/01/2016 10:29

Morning folks,

Following on from last week’s thread about our asking you to sign up to Mumsnet as male or female, here’s where we’ve landed.

We’ve had a careful read of the thread, and done some more general reading around and investigation into how this is handled elsewhere, and we think the best way to proceed is to add the option “other” to the list of responses to the question of gender. Viz

Female
Male
Other (please specify) _

This is how lots of other sites navigate this, so we hope it’s not too controversial.

As ever when it comes to questions around gender, we’re aware that not everyone will agree, but this seems to us to be the most inclusive and sensible route to take.

Do let us know what you think.
MNHQ

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CoteDAzur · 21/01/2016 21:34

"Shut up", you mean?

Am I not allowed to say you are wrong about the thoughts in my own head?

Egosumquisum · 21/01/2016 21:32

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CoteDAzur · 21/01/2016 21:31

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Egosumquisum · 21/01/2016 21:27

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MrsHathaway · 21/01/2016 21:25

No, she said they were upsetting. Not the same.

CoteDAzur · 21/01/2016 21:23

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OliviaMumsnet · 21/01/2016 21:19

Hi all
Just to let you know that we've removed and will be removing any posts that were personal (and apols if there were delays there) so that we can get back to the discussion
Thanks ever so

Egosumquisum · 21/01/2016 21:00

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MrsHathaway · 21/01/2016 20:58

Ego may have a reputation for merailing, but she really didn't here.

Egosumquisum · 21/01/2016 20:55

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kua · 21/01/2016 20:49

That's your view point. I may have some sympathy with a member seeing predominately female adverts/ topics/ ovulation calendar etc but that is the nature of this site, to say it is not is ridiculous. There are many other forums out there where these issues would not be discussed nor advertising directed to women/ mum/ parent related issues.

Your Sex is the chromosomes and the related genetalia you were born with.

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 21/01/2016 20:28

Kua weird straw woman attack there, ego wasn't doing any of the things you suggested in that post

kua · 21/01/2016 20:09

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VashtaNerada · 21/01/2016 19:47

Can people stop picking on Ego! Jesus.

Where's bootcamps and the line? I think we need another one!!

trufflesnout · 21/01/2016 19:22

or liberal democrat.

ArcheryAnnie · 21/01/2016 17:57

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ThenLaterWhenItGotDark · 21/01/2016 17:37

Well, admittedly, it would be difficult to step in and intervene with one of them, but I'd try to be the better person...Grin

LineyReborn · 21/01/2016 17:35

Personally I think the Liberal Democrats are beyond sympathy.

ThenLaterWhenItGotDark · 21/01/2016 17:32

Must have gone into my bullshit box.

Egosumquisum · 21/01/2016 17:29

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ThenLaterWhenItGotDark · 21/01/2016 17:28

Sorry that was to AA not to Ego.

If I see someone of ANY SEX or GENDER being bullied, well, call me old fashioned, but I say something. Silly old me. Whether that person be male, female, transgender or liberal democrat.

Didn't realise I was only supposed to support the sisters.

Fuck that.

ThenLaterWhenItGotDark · 21/01/2016 17:25

Hmm Okaaaay.

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ArcheryAnnie · 21/01/2016 17:20

I've just come from Another Social Network where there is a daily diet of character assassinations, death threats, rape threats, the ever popular "DIAF", and concrete attempts to ruin women's lives by calling their employers for being "transphobic" (where "transphobia" means "pointing out that women are oppressed as a sex class, not a gender class").

And here I am with people calling Cote "vile", "a bully", "nasty" and so on.

Be nice, women! Always be nice. Always look after other people - that's your role. Always keep other women in line - that's their role, too. It doesn't matter if whatever rights your sex class has accumulated over the last 50 years are being stripped away with frightening speed. It doesn't matter if the attacks on women make you constantly anxious, make you censor yourself before you get attacked, too, make you wonder what you are going to be required to do at work today which will put women and girls at risk in order to validate someone with a male body. There's someone born male who has had their feelings hurt. You must always, always put them first.

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