this post was submitted on 08 Mar 2024
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What about a free text field or just don't ask people about their gender?
Sometimes you have to ask for it. E.g. I work in the life insurance business and we need to know the gender for policy calculation.
Wouldn’t birth sex be more useful in that context than gender?
Nope. I don't know exactly why but it seems that e.g. a trans man is more likely to die in a stupid accident like driving a motorcycle without a helmet at 200km/h and vice versa. It isn't much of a medicine aspect and more of a lifestyle one.
Oh ok. Yeah, that makes sense.