You might not need gender!
summary
Argues that many systems simply don’t need gender and when they do need it designers must say exactly which legal or UX purpose they serve. Gives concrete fixes: store pronouns not binary gender, make gender fields editable and easy to change, avoid using gender as a proxy for clothing or salutations. Cites tools and examples: pronouns.org (open source datasets on GitHub) and Facebook’s pronoun UI as implementations that actually change behavior.
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chapters (4)
- 0:00Start
- 14:15Changing your gender
- 15:33Gender, like names, can change
- 16:11Don't make it hard to change
