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Re:RFC 9454: Update to OSPF Terminology, Changed Master/Slav... by scrollaway on Sunday August 20, 2023 @07:52AM (#37198258)
> is USB-C male or female? Both?

I’m not sure what you mean. Like all of its predecessors, USB-C has both a male and female port. Your phone has the female port, your charger has the male one.

Re:RFC 9454: Update to OSPF Terminology, Changed Master/Slav... by NoZebra120vClip on Sunday August 20, 2023 @09:34AM (#37198997)
No, USB-C has one type of plug and one type of port. The port is what you're calling "female" except look closer. Look closer at both ends. You'll see that the plug has a female void in the center, and the port has a male tongue in the center to fit that void. Therefore, it is hermaphrodite on both ends.

It's basically the same with USB-A.

Re:RFC 9454: Update to OSPF Terminology, Changed Master/Slav... by scrollaway on Sunday August 20, 2023 @09:38AM (#37199019)
Hermaphroditic connectors are a thing, and it’s not what usb c is.

Wikipedia has a good article. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_of_connectors_and_fas...

Re:RFC 9454: Update to OSPF Terminology, Changed Master/Slav... by NoZebra120vClip on Sunday August 20, 2023 @09:47AM (#37199095)
Huh, thanks for the article: I've learned a bunch of new terms that we still can't use anymore because they refer to gender and they're transphobic. The guidance said to use terms like "plug" and "port" and "jack" and stuff. Although isn't the latter rather sexual???
Re:RFC 9454: Update to OSPF Terminology, Changed Master/Slav... by flangola7 on Sunday August 20, 2023 @10:50AM (#37199684)
Sexual doesn't have harmful or derogatory overtones, it's neutral.
Re:RFC 9454: Update to OSPF Terminology, Changed Master/Slav... by NoZebra120vClip on Sunday August 20, 2023 @10:58AM (#37199792)
Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion, man. https://youtu.be/Z-xI1384Ry4

The guidance says that referring to "gender" is offensive, and so the guidance lists preferred terms that replace the "gender-based" offensive ones. That's the opinion of the folks who wrote the guidance.