Gender specifications on your Mumsnet account: update

[SarahMumsnet]

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

Cote

There was an update stating that "prefer not to answer " will also be an option.
And that simply skipping the question has always been possible

Cote tbh I think transwomen will still tick "female" whether it's a question about sex or gender because they truly believe they are women.

Okay here's an idea, let's all tick (or don't tick) the box we want, and not waste any time worrying about what box other people tick.

I often disagree with you, Vashta, but that makes sense to me, given the changed wording of the question!

But we have as already signed up members of MN ticked our boxes already.

It's a question for the newbies to wrestle with/ignore as required.

You can change it on the page where you nc. The new options aren't available yet though.

Vashta - If your advice catches on, it will be interesting to see if MNHQ will love you or hate you for the drastic reduction in traffic on this website.

Breastfeeding vs formula feeding? Let's all feed our babies how we want and not worry about what other parents are feeding theirs.

SAHP vs WOHP? Let's all work or not work and not worry about what other parents are doing.

CC vs attachment parenting? Let's all sleep-train our babies or hug them to our bosom all day & night, and not worry about if other babies are crying or waking up 5 times a night at the age of 2.

Etc etc. Expect no more than 3 posts per thread from now on, as we all decide to never comment on what others do

MNHQ - please let us know if you change the box to 'Sex'. Until then I'm remaining as male.

Excellent - seems Vashta and Cote have it covered there

BTW Mine were both the still waking 5 times a night at 2 ones - the velcro babies

Is there gonna be a "Are you a troll? Yes/No" section?

It's interesting that they ask these kinds of questions with the reasoning that they can show tailored content, but have not, to my knowledge, showed any tailored content in the 10 years of being operational.

The only tailored content I get is the emails, which I was asked to sign up to (and like). Which reminds me I haven't had a child development one in a couple of years, do they stop at age five or are they supposed to continue?

Just trying out a text steampunk browser game set in Victorian London. The choices when you log in are:

*A lady
*A gentleman
*My dear sir, there are individuals roaming the streets of Fallen London at this very moment with the faces of squid! Squid! Do you ask them their gender? And yet you waste our time asking me trifling and impertinent questions about mine? It is my own business, sir, and I bid you good day.

Tiggy

And my response to all the above would be none.

Gender is a construct of which I do not HAVE.

Tiggy

That spunds an interesting game, too. What is it? (do you mind me asking?)

Link about sex and gender
https://notthenewsinbriefs.wordpress.com/2016/01/16/we-are-all-non-binary-now/

Jux, it's called Fallen London. Give it a Google.

Thanks, Tiggy. It's a bit like Kingdom of Loathing, isn't it? I used to play that a bit.