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It really has gone past the point of absurdity into downright insanity. Like the article SteveQJ cited recently, about a British woman arrested for exposing her penis in public. Yes, you read that right.

Another Web site I frequent has a pulldown menu on the personal profile page for indicating your preferred gender identity. Here are the contents of that menu. I’m not making this up:

Male

Female

Other

It’s Complicated

Agender

Androgyne

Bigender

Cisgender Female

Cisgender Male

Demi-female

Demi-male

Female to Male

FTM

Gender Fluid

Gender-neutral

Gender Nonconforming

Gender Questioning

Gender Variant

Genderqueer

Intersex

Male to Female

Man

Neither

Neutrois

Non-binary

Pangender

Queer

Trans Man

Trans Woman

Transgender

Transgender Female

Transgender Male

Transgender Man

Transgender Person

Transgender Woman

Transfeminine

Transmasculine

Transexual

Transexual Female

Transexual Male

Transexual Person

Two-Spirit

Woman

Really, 43 genders to choose from? Of course a lot of these are variant labels for the same thing: Am I a man, male, or cisgender male? Is TaraElla a trans woman, transgender female, or transexual person? But that’s just the point: all this semantic hairsplitting, not to mention umbrage at the use of the wrong label, serves no purpose other than to convince reasonable people that you have gone off the deep end. We need to cut it out and start talking about real issues.

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Steve QJ's avatar

"We need to cut it out and start talking about real issues."

WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THERE ARE ~8 BILLION OPTIONS ON THAT DROP DOWN!!😅

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Chris Fox's avatar

STOP OPPRESSING ME

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Voice of Reason's avatar

And God help you if you forget them all or which one applies to whom.

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Mark Monday's avatar

I think when I have to "expand comment" to get the full list, it's too much. LOL? Yeah, why not. Semantic hairsplitting indeed.

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Chris Fox's avatar

Issues like not broiling the planet.

I'm sure those people in the video Steve posted would be broiling their own brains in rage that their own favored affectation wasn't in the list.

I see shorter dropdowns in some job descriptions. Were I a hiring manager I would reject anyone who selected "they/them" since such people are bound to be nothing but trouble at work.

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