Comments on: Accessibility and Assumption http://www.adambraimbridge.com/2007/02/accessibility-and-assumption/ I find your thoughts intriguing and wish to subscribe to your newsletter Thu, 17 May 2007 14:29:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: f15h http://www.adambraimbridge.com/2007/02/accessibility-and-assumption/#comment-162 f15h Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:13:36 +0000 http://www.adambraimbridge.com/accessibility-and-assumption/#comment-162 thailand the country with the highest number of sexual reassignment has the same word for both; transsexuals, transvestites and many other assigned identifiers we use(ga-teui). interesting, this sounds quite like 'my go!'(pra-cheui). what are 'gender issues'? a man could be confused and want to be a woman, a woman who was a man could want to be a man again. is gender then not identified by the individual. are there then many genders, perhaps a gender for every individual. i dont think gender is necessarily relevant on a website. thailand the country with the highest number of sexual reassignment has the same word for both; transsexuals, transvestites and many other assigned identifiers we use(ga-teui). interesting, this sounds quite like ‘my go!’(pra-cheui).
what are ‘gender issues’? a man could be confused and want to be a woman, a woman who was a man could want to be a man again. is gender then not identified by the individual. are there then many genders, perhaps a gender for every individual. i dont think gender is necessarily relevant on a website.

]]> By: Adam http://www.adambraimbridge.com/2007/02/accessibility-and-assumption/#comment-161 Adam Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:14:34 +0000 http://www.adambraimbridge.com/accessibility-and-assumption/#comment-161 I think forms should have: <strong>Sex:</strong> [ ] Male [ ] Female [ ] Intersex [ ] Yes Please I think forms should have:

Sex:
[ ] Male
[ ] Female
[ ] Intersex
[ ] Yes Please

]]> By: kag http://www.adambraimbridge.com/2007/02/accessibility-and-assumption/#comment-160 kag Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:25:15 +0000 http://www.adambraimbridge.com/accessibility-and-assumption/#comment-160 Hmm, sex and gender and the confusion between the two. Like so many things human, ideology and religion and power games enter into it. Gender is used in language to distinguish between masculine and feminine and there are degrees of each although we tend to assume that a person expresses only either masculinity or femininity. Sex is generally thought to be binary, female or male, but in fact there are many people in the world who are born with one or more intersex conditions, 1 in 75 according to many researchers. Another way of considering gender is as a binary of man or woman, but some intersex people also consider themselves to be intergender, neither man nor woman. A better set of choices might be the following. Sex: male or female or intersex. Gender: man or woman or intergender. Hmm, sex and gender and the confusion between the two. Like so many things human, ideology and religion and power games enter into it.

Gender is used in language to distinguish between masculine and feminine and there are degrees of each although we tend to assume that a person expresses only either masculinity or femininity.

Sex is generally thought to be binary, female or male, but in fact there are many people in the world who are born with one or more intersex conditions, 1 in 75 according to many researchers.

Another way of considering gender is as a binary of man or woman, but some intersex people also consider themselves to be intergender, neither man nor woman.

A better set of choices might be the following.

Sex: male or female or intersex.

Gender: man or woman or intergender.

]]> By: tuna http://www.adambraimbridge.com/2007/02/accessibility-and-assumption/#comment-159 tuna Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:37:36 +0000 http://www.adambraimbridge.com/accessibility-and-assumption/#comment-159 interesting some sites I have seen have (not many mind you): *Male *Female *Other *Not Given Allowing for the - "Not your business to know" group. interesting some sites I have seen have (not many mind you):

*Male
*Female
*Other
*Not Given

Allowing for the – “Not your business to know” group.

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