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Re: adding gender field on debian developer's database (from debian-devel)



* Jana Thompson <janavthompson@gmail.com> [2005:08:04 15:54 -0500]: 
> Which are we attempting to target by having such a field? Classifying
> someone by sexual organs or by how they view themselves in the society
> at large at how they see themselves sexually? While it seems to be a
> useful bit of information for coffee table discussion, how relevant it
> is to the Debian project is somewhat unknown.

Well, I don't think it's very relevant and neither do a lot of people
which is why it's unlikely to ever exist. That said, I think it's mostly
"interesting" from a statistical point of view. IIRC, this is why it
came up during the DW talk at all -- it's an easier way to gather
statistics.

-- 
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