Re: [VCARDDAV] Rename SEX to GENDER
Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca> Tue, 02 November 2010 16:50 UTC
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Subject: Re: [VCARDDAV] Rename SEX to GENDER
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On 2010-11-02 11:44, Brian Suda wrote: > My guess as to why most sign-up forms use GENDER rather than SEX might > be due to blanket filters stopping words like SEX from getting > through. It may also be a language artifact. For example, French forms tend to use "sexe" more often than "genre". Anyway, the point remains: gender is more often used than sex. Simon -- NAT64/DNS64 open-source --> http://ecdysis.viagenie.ca STUN/TURN server --> http://numb.viagenie.ca vCard 4.0 --> http://www.vcarddav.org
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