All Duers check in ---- what's your sex?

[expatriot]

Poll question: All Duers check in ---- what's your sex?

Expatriot the DU Demographer strikes again!

[punpirate]

1. Why does it matter?

Really? Why?

[expatriot]

3. I'm looking for the pun in your post.... I just can't find it. nt

[punpirate]

5. Ah, well, no puns available...

... relating to the subject of arbitrary gender-related sociological inquiries.... :)

And you didn't answer my question.... :)

[expatriot]

4. I'll see if this poll generates any interest before I promote it as

shamelessly as the age poll. I did receive a lot of encouragement to shamelessly promote that one. We'll see with this one.

[punpirate]

6. Even if you get 100 replies...

... that's 0.14% of the registered users. Of what value is that, statistically?

Cheers.

[expatriot]

13. What about 1,000? I'd say that'd be 10% or more of ACTIVE users

Look at my age poll... going over 800 votes right now.

Plus it is of course not scientifically random by any means but I am not consciously adding any bias into the question as to who responds.


For example, the percentages in my age poll have remained eeriely steady since like 100 votes. I think around 200 votes it was 55% were 40 or older.... Then around 600 votes it was 60% 40 or older now it is like 57%....

[punpirate]

14. Carry on...

... if you're intrigued by it. :)

[maddiejoan]

22. other

I was born intersexed, raised as a male and now live as a female.

[expatriot]

2. Initial thoughts..-40 majority male... +40 majority female. any takers?

[hfojvt]

8. you left out "both"

how many registered users have a spouse who also uses their computer and user name?

[qnr]

17. Yup, my spouse reads DU every day, but isn't registered and doesn't

post, even with my account.

[khashka]

7. Not enough choices

I guess I'm male because I have a penis.

But what about butch/femme or top/bottom or people like Della Grace creating new genders?

Once the gender question gets asked, as far as I am concerned it's party time.

Khash.

[expatriot]

11. that's why I changed it from gender to sex

and sex at birth on top of that... gender is a culturally defined term and hence you can have countless definitions. Sex is biologically defined.

[khashka]

12. Yeah I noticed that

and it was really unfair.

And you are still wrong. Gender is culturally defined, but sex is whatever you can get away with without being arrested.

Khash.

[expatriot]

9. okay I changed the poll question for clarity and simplification....

It was "What's your gender?"
And in addition to male and female in both age groups I had trangender born male and transgender born female. I simplified this by changing question to "What's your sex?" and changing it to "born male" and "born female."

My wife just said "but what about hermaphrodites? True, but if I put this as a option people will be tempted to select that when they really aren't just to overtly invalidate the poll. So if you are a hermaphrodite, my apologies (about the poll, not about your identity)... if you don't mind, post a response.

[skooooo]

10. Middle-aged women in the Hay-yowse!

[expatriot]

15. DU's official movie: "The Graduate," official song: Rod Stewart's "Maggie"

what do you think?

[ovidsen]

16. This is fun!!

Even if it is statistically irrelevant. :)

As for cultural anchors?
"Turn, Turn, Turn" - official song
"Dr. Strangelove" - official movie

Yeah, I'm male, over 50. Does it show?

[expatriot]

25. i said this when the females dominated +40 age group and males

dominated under 40.... Now it is a bit more tied so the joke is lost.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

32. I'm down with that

:D

[Crazy Guggenheim]

18. I am 100% male! Over 40! But 100% male!!

[Robb]

19. Not a single "no sex threads" joke in the bunch.

I'm frankly disappointed! :D

[SarahB]

21. The fun is no longer over, Robb.

:evilgrin:

[Maine-ah]

20. 31, Female

with a husband who uses my account. He's 29.

[loudsue]

23. This is pretty much the ratio of men to women in the general

population, is it not? Aren't there just a one or 2 percentage points difference between the number of men vs. the number of women?

:kick:

[ghostsofgiants]

24. Male, under 40

[Guy Fawkes]

26. Is "as much as possible" not the correct answer?

That seems like a perfect choice for a lounge thread.

[hippiechick]

27. "As often as possible" ?

But not as often as I'd like .... :(

[Zhade]

28. Where's the "not enough" option?

Oh, wait, you meant GENDER...

:P

[In_The_Wind]

29. female

female over 40

[KaliTracy]

30. don't you mean what's your gender? n/t

[expatriot]

38. See post #9

it started out gender but then I wanted to make it simpler...

IMHO

gender is a psycho-culturally defined term and hence can really have an unlimited number of selections....

sex is biological with three categories... male, female and hermaphrodite.... see post #9 for my logic for not including hermaphrodite.

[KaliTracy]

39. I see... (and understand the definitions)

Yet we use "homosexuality" "heterosexuality" "bisexuality" when talking about different sexual preferences....

(by the way, though we don't usually know it by looking at a person, there are additional sexual chromosome combinations, some which a person who has it might not know).**

it's late. I'm just playing devil's advocate, nothing else! *smile*


***

http://users.resist.ca/~kirstena/pagepsychofgenderdiff.html

**The controversy over chromosome testing for athletes has highlighted some of these problems. A woman who does not have the XX chromosome pattern, for instance, and instead has the "Barr Body," which is an XO combination, may be determined male. Likewise, men who do not fit the typical XY pattern, may be determined to be female. An XXY chromosome pattern is called the "Klinefelto's Syndrome." This chromosome combination typically has normal external male genitalia, but has other traits, such as a high risk for mental retardation and very long arms and legs. Ten to twenty cases of this occur within 10,000 male births. The "Turner's Syndrome" is an XO combination, where female external genitals are present, but there are ovary and infertility problems typically. One out of every 10,000 female births show this pattern. Then there is the "Supermale" combination, of XYY. This occurs in 9 out of 10,000 male births. The "Supermale" has reduced fertility, has a low frustration threshold, and typically likes sports. One in 400 boys have chromosome abnormalities, and 1 in 700 girls have chromosome abnormalities.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

31. Female, under 40

:)

[gate of the sun]

33. apparently I am in the majority

n/t

[Taxloss]

34. I was born male and I'm surprised by these results.

No reasn. I'm just surprised.

[progmom]

35. kinky?

oh - that's not what you meant? :blush:

[JVS]

36. Since when is age part of sex?

[expatriot]

37. In June of 1965 they made some alterations to the sexual anatomy's

of both sexes... little known fact... that is why it is important to differentiate between those under 40 and those older.

Seriously, I guess I just wanted to make some distinction between age.... considering the average age according to my other poll is around
40-45, I used 40 as the cut off.

[dweller]

40. hang on...let's have a look...

:wow:


damn...i forgot the question...
dp

[evlbstrd]

41. My sex is as often as possible.

Not often enough.

[fleabert]

42. 'as often as possible' should be a choice...nt

[RebelOne]

43. Looks like we over 40 females rule. n/t

[MadisonProgressive]

44. Don't rub it in - I have one of those in my house!

[Atlas Mugged]

45. Over easy.

With a 'Sunny Side Up' chaser.

[Old_Fart]

46. Not much

[meganmonkey]

47. kick

:)

[xmas74]

48. 30 year old female.

[seshers]

49. I wonder why...

The margin between age groups is a wider for women than men. It fits the stereotype that younger women are less politically active. Is that assumption true? If so or not, why?