What 'other' sex?

Hi there JellySlice. Thanks for your comments. We suspect, to be honest, that we have simply tried to include enough options to suit everyone.

The question doesn't state whether it refers to sex or gender so we've probably just cast the net wide there. In terms of data, it's not really important that we know how everyone would answer that question - we do include the 'prefer not to say' option so it doesn't seem to be a vital question.

It's probably the sort of information that might be useful to us if we had it in tailoring user experiences at some point in the future. So for example, we might decide not to show someone who said they were male our page on ovulation calculators, just because there might be content that's more relevant to them. But it's not a huge deal really. There's a similar question when you sign up to Mumsnet but again, there's a 'prefer not to say' option and you can actually just skip the question altogether.

That's a best guess really but we'll pass on your comments. Thanks again.

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What 'other' sex?