A third choice for gender on the Census?

**Mental Trousers** · 18th January 2011, 17:29

Just saw an item on the news about some stupid bint that thinks there should be a 3rd choice for Gender on the Census. If this were to go through I'd suggest the choices should be:

male
female
fuckwit

NOTE Birth Certificates list either Male or Female and no other choice. So hermaphradites gender is chosen by the parents (I think).

**slofox** · 18th January 2011, 17:30

What was her proposed third choice?

**Latte** · 18th January 2011, 17:31

-male
-female
-honda rider

**Mental Trousers** · 18th January 2011, 17:32

Originally Posted by slofox

What was her proposed third choice?

Didn't catch it or they didn't say.

**Mully** · 18th January 2011, 17:32

I'm glad to see the country's problems have all been solved so we can focus on the little bullshit stuff.

Fucking morons.

**Str8 Jacket** · 18th January 2011, 17:33

Originally Posted by Mental Trousers

NOTE Birth Certificates list either Male or Female and no other choice. So hermaphradites gender is chosen by the parents (I think).

I think that you're correct.....

They should have 'other' cause then I would choose my gender as;
c) Hels

**PrincessBandit** · 18th January 2011, 17:42

vulcan, klingon, romulan, borg...?

**PrincessBandit** · 18th January 2011, 17:45

bugger, just have to settle for borg 'cause I've jsut realised that the others have gender differentiation. borg aren't one thing or the other are they?

I guess they want transgender people to feel they can identify themselves if they don't fit the skin they were born in.

**Usarka** · 18th January 2011, 18:21

That's what trips to thailand are for.

**Oakie** · 18th January 2011, 18:22

The site that I do new employee Police checks at for work has 4 options, Male, Female of course, I think the 3rd is Trans-gender and the 4th is 'Indeterminate'.

**Hitcher** · 18th January 2011, 18:27

A few Censuses ago there were over 70,000 of us who said that our religion was Jedi. Despite that, the Chief Statistician wasn't having a bar of that in terms of adding it as a choice on future Censuses. The gall of the man. All of the religions listed are fantasies, so what is the criteria for not including another?

As for the male/female/other bizzo, medically there are more than two choices. But I suspect that's not the reason some vegan tree hugger wants a third category added.