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Re: guys != gender neutral
From: Scott Noel-Hemming <frogstarr78 () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:55:55 -0700
On 09/28/2012 09:43 AM, Simon Perreault wrote:
Le 2012-09-28 12:15, Jay Ashworth a écrit :The assumption of a 1-1 correspondence between gender and sex is old fashioned nowadays.Mammals have sex. *Words* (and only words) have gender.There's an RFC about that! RFC 6350, section 6.2.7, about the GENDER vCard property:6.2.7. GENDER Purpose: To specify the components of the sex and gender identity of the object the vCard represents. Value type: A single structured value with two components. Each component has a single text value. Cardinality: *1 Special notes: The components correspond, in sequence, to the sex (biological), and gender identity. Each component is optional. Sex component: A single letter. M stands for "male", F stands for "female", O stands for "other", N stands for "none or not applicable", U stands for "unknown". Gender identity component: Free-form text. ABNF: GENDER-param = "VALUE=text" / any-param GENDER-value = sex [";" text] sex = "" / "M" / "F" / "O" / "N" / "U" Examples: GENDER:M GENDER:F GENDER:M;Fellow GENDER:F;grrrl GENDER:O;intersex GENDER:;it's complicated Simon
+1 for bringing it back to a technical discussion in a round about way. -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments
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