Is there another gender besides male or female?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52201)
Staten Island, New York
April 1, 2018 1:32pm CST
Whenever I take a survey via Swagbucks usually one of the first questions is always "What is your gender?" with the answer choices being Male/Female.
I took some surveys recently where the answer choices for this question were:
() Male () Female () Other.
Now what the heck does "Other" mean? Is there another gender I am not aware of?
I thought we were either male or female and that's it. But apparently not, if "Other" is an option to choose.
Maybe this option is for those that don't identify as male or female. But then what do they identify as?
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6 responses
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
1 Apr 18
Can I identify as an animal? Maybe a mule today, a cat tomorrow and possibly a bird the next day?
If someone is not sure, maybe they need to check and see which parts they were born with?
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
2 Apr 18
@lovebuglena it baffles me too....and this political correctness has gotten so ridiculous.
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@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Apr 18
@Morleyhunt People are easily offended nowadays.
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@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Apr 18
I don't know remember who it was or where I saw it but there was this girl that identified as a feline. I think a cat but maybe I am wrong. How can one identify as a feline or any other animal? That puzzles me.
@JudyEv (382324)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Apr 18
@lovebuglena How are you going to label the doors? Just curious.
@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Apr 18
Perhaps that's the case but then they should have that as the option and not "other".
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
1 Apr 18
There are people who calls their selves non binary. Confusing as it may sound, they are people who thinks they have no gender. Also Tumblr users have 312 genders.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
1 Apr 18
@lovebuglena I wish I know, Tumblr is one of the weirdest places in the interwebs.
@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Apr 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker I have an account there but don't really use it.
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
2 Apr 18
@lovebuglena I am glad you asked that - there was a discussion that led to another discussion on here about that self-same topic:
My discussion about a mother treating her son for bisexuality led to interesting interactions and @pgntwo posted a link that explains why human beings could...
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@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Apr 18
What are the 30-variants?
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Apr 18
Some surveys are now including "transgendered."
@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Apr 18
I've never seen that as an option. Either male, female or sometimes other.
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@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Apr 18
That could be it. But then why don't they just write that term instead of writing "other"?
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