Re:Google+ can now hide your gender "in response to user fee...
by wccrawford on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @09:45AM
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That's a good point. I don't know all languages, so I can only speak for the ones I know.
I also suspect it's a PC thing.
By that logic, Americans are probably more upset about this than, say, Nigerians (I assume Nigerian culture(s) are rather less PC than American culture).