Myspace and Facebook suck
I really wish you didn't have to choose between "male" and "female" on there. Also, their orientation section is discriminating, seeing as they only provide the three "normal" or "excepted" sexual orientations (gay, straight, and bi), and those of us who don't fit into any of those categories have to either pick the closest thing or are lumped into "not sure" or "prefer not to disclose." But if you select "not sure," it implies confusion (that crazy kid doesn't know what he wants!), and if you select "no answer," the implication is that you're too chicken to display your orientation to the world (oh, yeah. He's gay. He just doesn't want anyone to know about it yet).
I'm not bisexual. I believe there are plenty more than two sexes and plenty more than two genders. To use the term "bisexual" is limiting. And what about people who aren't interested in sex at all? What about asexual people? Do they just go by which sex they prefer to have non-sexual relations with?
My proposition is that they should at least have an "other" category. Then, at least, they'd be acknowledging us deviants without implying cowardice or confusion.
And as for sex? What about intersex people? They aren't biologically 100% male or female. Transpeople in transition? A lot of them aren't 100% male or female. And even if you are 100% male or female, it's possible not to identify as such. You could identify as the opposite sex, or neither, or both. What do those of us who don't identify with our biological sex check? Do we check our biological sex, anyway? Do we select the gender we lean toward more? They could at least have a "prefer not to disclose" option for sex, but no. We're forced to align ourselves with the gender binary, with only two possible options: male and female.
I'm not bisexual. I believe there are plenty more than two sexes and plenty more than two genders. To use the term "bisexual" is limiting. And what about people who aren't interested in sex at all? What about asexual people? Do they just go by which sex they prefer to have non-sexual relations with?
My proposition is that they should at least have an "other" category. Then, at least, they'd be acknowledging us deviants without implying cowardice or confusion.
And as for sex? What about intersex people? They aren't biologically 100% male or female. Transpeople in transition? A lot of them aren't 100% male or female. And even if you are 100% male or female, it's possible not to identify as such. You could identify as the opposite sex, or neither, or both. What do those of us who don't identify with our biological sex check? Do we check our biological sex, anyway? Do we select the gender we lean toward more? They could at least have a "prefer not to disclose" option for sex, but no. We're forced to align ourselves with the gender binary, with only two possible options: male and female.