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offline bingob on 2007-10-08 02:28 [#02129459]
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Hello. Last night I met a strange creature on the bus. I'm
99% sure it was human, but I was unable to see if it was man
or woman. This made me wonder. If you see a person like this
commit a crime, how can you describe it in a non-racual and
not sexist way? Like if you see a black man do something
criminal you cannot tell the police it was a negroman, you
instead say it was a man of african origin. If you see a
mentally disabeled do crime, you don't tell police it was a
mongoman, instead you say it was a man of retardic origin.
But what if the person on the bus did something? What would
be correct? Man-woman, woman-man? A person of LaToya Jackson
origin? I don't think metrosexual will be right in this
case. Please discuss and help me.


 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2007-10-08 02:37 [#02129460]
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offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2007-10-08 03:04 [#02129461]
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Yeah, I had a taxi driver like that before. It reminded me
of "Bab's Cabs" from the League of Gentlemen and I kept
tittering throughout the journey.


 

offline uzim on 2007-10-08 14:03 [#02129643]
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just say "person"...

—

i remember one year at school, i couldn't tell whether one
of the other pupils was a boy or a girl... it took me months
to find out that she was a she.


 

offline Sido Dyas from a computer on 2007-10-08 14:10 [#02129645]
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"you don't tell police it was a
mongoman, instead you say it was a man of retardic origin."


LOL!!


 

offline bingob on 2007-10-08 14:25 [#02129647]
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But you have to give accurate description! "Mr police, a
person did it!"

It's not good enough!


 

offline uzim on 2007-10-08 14:37 [#02129651]
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"a person of undefined apparent gender"?


 

offline cuntychuck from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2007-10-08 15:38 [#02129663]
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lets get some pictures of some genderless freaks.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-10-08 16:06 [#02129670]
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Raid your family photo album


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2007-10-08 16:10 [#02129673]
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aww, harsh :(


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2007-10-08 16:18 [#02129677]
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shit thread


 

offline thatne from United States on 2007-10-08 16:19 [#02129679]
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�


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2007-10-08 17:09 [#02129686]
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androgyny can be really hot.

or not. it goes either way really.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2007-10-08 18:46 [#02129704]
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post examples (pics)


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2007-10-09 09:37 [#02129872]
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The police actually have 5 (it might be 7, I can't remember)
possible choices for "gender" in records. Lord knows what
they all are...


 

offline elusive from detroit (United States) on 2007-10-09 09:47 [#02129874]
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Monoid


 

offline Sgt Policeman from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-10-09 09:54 [#02129877]
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Yes that's right, there are 5 main types of gender used in
police reports.
They are:
Male
Female
Male to female transsexual
Female to male transsexual
Hermaphrodite



 


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