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Re:Google staff walk out over women's treatment by astura on Thursday November 01, 2018 @02:09PM (#18356742)
You do a chromosomal analysis on everyone before you use a gendered pronoun to describe them? Because you can't tell what their chromosomes are just by appearance.
Re:Google staff walk out over women's treatment by YorkshireSeason on Thursday November 01, 2018 @02:58PM (#18357244)
I can have an educated guess from just a brief glance -- especially if the other person doesn't actively tries to mislead me on such an important issue.
Re:Google staff walk out over women's treatment by astura on Thursday November 01, 2018 @03:02PM (#18357284)
And why the fuck do you care about other people's chromosomes?
Re:Google staff walk out over women's treatment by YorkshireSeason on Friday November 02, 2018 @04:23AM (#18361406)
I don't care directly about chromosomes, they are put an extremely good proxy for one's reproductive abilities, hence an extremely good biological correlate for sex (i.e. reproductive role).

I care about fertility, because reproduction is more-or-less the single most important duty every human has. It is also difficult a space to navigage, therefore all indicators and heuristics that help me appreciate his/her sex efficiently, makes navigating this difficult space much easier, hence is a friendly gesture.

Here is an interesting question for you to ponder: Why do basic facts about human biology upset you so much, so much so in fact, that you use the act of procreation as an expletive?