Timeline for Default gender, "Male" or "Female"
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| Aug 3, 2018 at 9:21 | comment | added | allo | default: none. Users may want to avoid sharing this information anyway, so make the default and empty option. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 4:44 | comment | added | Don Hatch | That said, it's sad if a site is directed for women more than men or vice versa. I'd much rather not ask at all, and not be asked, as a user. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 4:42 | comment | added | Don Hatch | @Darren you seem to be neglecting the cost of an error, which can be much more than a single click, and the probability of which is increased by your suggestion. A plausible scenario is it's 60/40 women/men. By your logic, the form should have "woman" checked, so that only 40% of people need to click to switch it. The problem is, each time a man mistakenly neglects to switch it, it's now wrong and the recipe for fixing it is likely far more complicated than a single click, if it can even be found or even exists at all. For this reason, perhaps it's better to not have a default. | |
| Apr 4, 2017 at 11:04 | comment | added | Adrian Long | Add another "why are you asking?" question. If you have a real need to know, then that need will significantly influence any answer I might give. In particular, if you actually need to know, then you need to consider that gender is a lot more complex than the answers on offer here suggest. If you don't have have a real need to know, then don't ask. If you have to ask, have a look at this similar question: ux.stackexchange.com/questions/19923/… | |
| Feb 15, 2016 at 12:01 | comment | added | Yvonne Aburrow | Every time I come across a form with male / female / rather not say, it annoys me. It should be male / female / other / rather not say, at a minimum. I am happy to disclose my gender, if the form actually gives me an option to do so accurately. | |
| Jun 26, 2013 at 13:00 | answer | added | Alex Marinov | timeline score: -1 | |
| Jun 4, 2013 at 6:49 | comment | added | AndrewJacksonZA | Building on what @JuliusA said, check out the ISO standard for the representation of human sexes: Not known, Male, Female and Not applicable. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_5218 | |
| Dec 5, 2011 at 16:57 | answer | added | Mike Hill | timeline score: 4 | |
| Dec 2, 2011 at 7:37 | answer | added | Graham | timeline score: 18 | |
| Nov 9, 2011 at 20:41 | comment | added | Darren | Choose whatever produces the least number of clicks for the majority that are filling in the form. If the site is directed for women then women. Same for men. If it is a 50/50 split, then provide a 'please fill in' option instead to not put anyone's nose out of joint. | |
| Nov 3, 2011 at 4:18 | comment | added | iHaveacomputer | I always want to select "Alpha-Male", but those radio-buttons never let me... @Ben Brocka: Don't assume a 50/50 ratio on each site. Depending on the topic you could get more than 90% of the one or other gender (tech/gadgets/cars vs. diet/cooking etc.) | |
| Nov 3, 2011 at 1:55 | vote | accept | Sarawut Positwinyu | ||
| Nov 2, 2011 at 19:46 | comment | added | Alex Feinman | Why do you need the gender? Is there a real, true, legitimate need for it? How about just leaving it out entirely? | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 18:45 | comment | added | DA01 | Or you could just add one more option of "I'd rather not share". | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 17:24 | comment | added | Julius A | I will add two more options, "Unknown" and "Indeterminate" | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 14:28 | comment | added | DA01 | IMHO, I'd first ask if this is even information that is really important to collect. | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 14:14 | comment | added | Dan Is Fiddling By Firelight | @BenBrocka there are a number of countries with large skew's in the ratio due to selective abortions. | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 14:00 | comment | added | Izkata | Even sex isn't a simple Male/Female - at least allow a blank option for the few who don't fall into either | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 13:17 | comment | added | Zelda | FYI you're asking for sex not gender, at least presumably gender is less relevant. Besides, sex ratio is usually almost exactly a 50% split with about 2% margin of error--I would never assume a default based on numbers, even ignoring the reasons others have stated below | |
| S Nov 2, 2011 at 11:59 | history | suggested | Yi Jiang | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 2, 2011 at 11:19 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackUX/status/131691892617396224 | ||
| Nov 2, 2011 at 9:37 | answer | added | Schroedingers Cat | timeline score: 7 | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 9:32 | comment | added | JohnGB♦ | So if someone forgets to enter their gender, you plan on recording it as whatever the default is? | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 9:03 | answer | added | Roger Attrill | timeline score: 135 | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 8:20 | comment | added | Kimberley D | It depends. What are you creating? How and where are you marketing it? The number of men or women in a country is not what makes the difference. For example, a website about makeup will probably have more female visitors than male, even if it's a city of mostly men. Also, it might be worth considering whether you need gender. Article about this: sarahmei.com/blog/2010/11/26/disalienation | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 8:08 | history | asked | Sarawut Positwinyu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |