That could be a misconception.....
I suspect a lot of people are InToSex being in such close proximity?
Maybe I should have written something in my first post so as not to offend. This arose from a different thread — there is an older thread where someone expressed concerns over sexist comments about women. That was of interest to me bc I AM a woman but haven’t experienced sexism here, so I commented. Others joined the conversation and eventually it led to a lighthearted curiosity about just how few women are actually on the forum. So I posted this poll. But how odd I feel I have to explain/defend this…?Personally, I don't understand why it's important to know someone's gender or to know the percentage of female, male and others on this forum. In my opinion, we all share a passion for the Grenadier, so I don't care about the gender of forum members.
You are probably right and I honestly don't need lecturing.I honestly think some people are way over thinking this thread. The ones that have an issue with it, why read and post on it?
I do not know “ANNML” at all and this thread is the first time I have even read her posts or communicated with her. Given that, even I can tell she is super laid back and likes to joke around. Not sure why some of the negativity? Heck she is a Grenadier owner, quotes/references Star Wars, Star Trek & the Beatles. What else do you need to know, she could be the female me??!! That may not be a good thing though.
She hit the nail on the head stating there are MANY threads not related to the Grenadier on this forum, so why can’t she ask about the gender ratio of owners? If I don’t like a thread, I don’t read or post in it. Easy peasy. I was curious myself about the ratio and was surprised to find at least one female so far…..
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Not sure why the downvote? I don’t disagree with your statement above at all. I am in the same camp and agree 100% of only 2 genders and the meme with Patrick was a joke. Well there are really hermaphrodites in the world so that makes the conversation a little tricky and I feel bad for them born with both. However, I was simply saying why people have an issue with someone starting a thread asking their gender to get a feel for how many women vs men own a Grenadier. I think she threw in the “other” option to not offend anyone. Just wanted to clarify this on my end. Dave Chappelle is my favorite comedian and me and him have the same philosophy and issues with certain groups and if you understand that then you understand me.
Well said and to me it’s hilarious we have more “others” than “females”, as of now and I won’t rule out some jokesters taking part in this total.I love this poll, I love numbers and statistics.
Is it useful? Probably not
Well, the only outcome, if statistics prove me right that we have less than 1% women on the forum, is that we can be as rude and unfriendly as we wish with women, no woman will notice.
I hope, NOW, that everybody understands that this is a joke (@ANNML will understand), English isn't my native language, and humor is very different between countries and cultures, WOKE being a culture
In the meantime I try to boost women's vote, because as long as the poll indicates more than 1% women I will be careful in my wording
Please, participate at the poll:
@Anne
@Annie R
@annierobinson01
No, not at all, but if they vote it will make the poll more relevant, be it any gender.
I think she meant sex.What's a gender? I identify only as superior
All I can see is that you only made the effort to point out that this is a forum about Grenadiers and that you didn’t care about the thread’s subject. So unless you post that you don’t care about a subject in a bunch of other threads that you don’t care about, then..see the confusion?
I accept if you think there is 1 gender, 2 genders, or 50.
WHAT? Dave Chappelle?! Then yes, I AM INDEED THE FEMALE YOU!! He is brilliant.
Me too! It was the exchange between you and me on the sexism thread that made me curious about the prevalence of males/females here. It was borne out of curiosity alone. I can’t help it, I’m curious about everything!
I got it. I was having a bit of fun with it...
It’s funny you said this bc when I was writing this thread I was thinking — should I put gender? Should I put sex? Am I supposed to do both? Should I google it? Is it wrong to ask this? Will people think I’m asking this for some reason other than curiosity?
