Gender input form

gender_input_form.html

<fieldset>
  <legend>What gender of address would you prefer we use in communications?</legend>
  <ul>
    <li>
      <input type="radio"
	     name="preferred-gender-personal-address"
	     value="none"
	     checked/>
      <label for="none">None</label>
    </li>
    <li>
      <input type="radio"
	     name="preferred-gender-personal-address"
	     value="feminine"/>
      <label for="feminine">Ms. (feminine)</label>
    </li>
    <li>
      <input type="radio" 
	     name="preferred-gender-personal-address"
	     value="masculine"/>
      <label for="masculine">Mr. (masculine)</label>
    </li>
    <li>
      <input type="radio"
	     name="preferred-gender-personal-address"
	     value="non-specific"/>
      <label for="non-specific">Mx. (non-specific)</label>
    </li>
  </ul>
</fieldset>

<fieldset>
  <legend>What gender of advertisements would you prefer we present?</legend>
  <ul>
    <li>
      <input type="checkbox"
	     name="preferred-gender-advertisements"
	     value="feminine"
	     checked/>
      <label for="feminine">feminine</label>
    </li>
    <li>
      <input type="checkbox"
	     name="preferred-gender-advertisements"
	     value="masculine"
	     checked/>
      <label for="masculine">masculine</label>
    </li>
    <li>
      <input type="checkbox"
	     name="preferred-gender-advertisements"
	     value="other"
	     checked/>
      <label for="other">other</label>
    </li>
  </ul>
</fieldset>

Experiment/proof of concept. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR USE.

Known problems and concerns:

• missing feminine address variants: "Mrs.", "Miss"
  • it's almost certainly best to option all of them, including professional addresses ("Dr.", "Rev.").
• if we consider advertisements gendered, surely products may be considered gendered as well, and perhaps independently so.
  • example: if a user specifies a preference for feminine advertisements, that shouldn't be considered an interest in solely feminine products (people buy gifts!).
• pretend form is the output of an i18n system.
  • one should NOT presume that the gender of a noun in a given language corresponds to the gender of a product that might be advertised
• what other gendered inquiries need to be unpacked from the common "gender (male, female):" form?
  • how do we recreate them extracting the idea of gender as an intrinsic attribute of the person filling out the form?
  • what would be useful and good about doing that?
  • what would be harmful and bad?