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Re:Women: Learn to Program This Summer by QualityReboot on Sunday March 24, 2019 @11:42AM (#19476928)
Trans women can do whatever they want, all I meant is that if people are only changing their gender on paper to have more opportunities, that's considered dishonest and unacceptable... At least, I thought that's how it worked.
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Re:Women: Learn to Program This Summer by malvosenior on Sunday March 24, 2019 @02:13PM (#19477776)
People have been doing this for a very long time:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#Name

As I mention in my other comments on this thread, it's not right to judge people on why they identify with a particular gender. Whether it's economically motivated or not, if you accept that people can choose their own gender, the reason for the choice doesn't matter.

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