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"Some folks are born into a good life, and other folks get it anyway anyhow." -- Bruce Springsteen. What about you?
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caladriCheck all that apply.
I think that groups including people who are not men can be referred to as "guys".
8 (66.7%)
I think that individual people who are not men can be referred to as "guys".4 (33.3%)
I think that groups including people who are not women can be referred to as "gals", "girls", or "ladies" (take your pick).0 (0.0%)
I think that individual people who are not women can be referred to as "gals", "girls", or "ladies" (take your pick).0 (0.0%)
None of the above.3 (25.0%)
Tickybox.7 (58.3%)
Check all the sentences that *don't* sound strange to you, if addressing a group including both men and women. (To simplify things, do what everyone usually does and suppose trans people don't exist.)
Guys, it's important to do a testicular self-exam regularly.5 (45.5%)
Guys, if any of you are pregnant, you shouldn't get too close to this MRI machine.6 (54.5%)
Both sentences sound strange.4 (36.4%)
The maximum height of someone I'd consider a short woman, in inches, is:
| 52 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 53 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 54 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 55 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 56 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 57 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 58 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 59 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 60 | 1 (8.3%) |
| 61 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 62 | 5 (41.7%) |
| 63 | 4 (33.3%) |
| 64 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 65 | 1 (8.3%) |
| 66 | 1 (8.3%) |
| 67 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 68 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 69 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 70 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 71 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 72 | 0 (0.0%) |
The maximum height of someone I'd consider a short man, in inches, is:
| 58 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 59 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 60 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 61 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 62 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 63 | 1 (8.3%) |
| 64 | 1 (8.3%) |
| 65 | 1 (8.3%) |
| 66 | 6 (50.0%) |
| 67 | 1 (8.3%) |
| 68 | 1 (8.3%) |
| 69 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 70 | 1 (8.3%) |
| 71 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 72 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 73 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 74 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 75 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 76 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 77 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 78 | 0 (0.0%) |
The minimum height of someone I'd consider a tall woman, in inches, is:
| 60 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 61 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 62 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 63 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 64 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 65 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 66 | 1 (8.3%) |
| 67 | 2 (16.7%) |
| 68 | 1 (8.3%) |
| 69 | 2 (16.7%) |
| 70 | 5 (41.7%) |
| 71 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 72 | 1 (8.3%) |
| 73 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 74 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 75 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 76 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 77 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 78 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 79 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 80 | 0 (0.0%) |
The minimum height of someone I'd consider a tall man, in inches, is:
| 64 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 65 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 66 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 67 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 68 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 69 | 1 (8.3%) |
| 70 | 1 (8.3%) |
| 71 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 72 | 6 (50.0%) |
| 73 | 2 (16.7%) |
| 74 | 1 (8.3%) |
| 75 | 1 (8.3%) |
| 76 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 77 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 78 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 79 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 80 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 81 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 82 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 83 | 0 (0.0%) |
| 84 | 0 (0.0%) |
Suppose you are a researcher and you collaborate with your husband, wife, domestic partner, boyfriend, girlfriend, partner, lover, mistress, gigolo, inamorat{o|a}, sweetie, fuckbuddy, or baby mama. Suppose you are giving an academic talk. Which of the following do you consider reasonable ways to refer to your joint work with your collaborator (named, say, Dana Q. Zygomorphism), when used more than once in the same talk?
"In work with my wife..."3 (14.3%)
"In work with my husband..."3 (14.3%)
"In work with Dr. Zygomorphism..."16 (76.2%)
"In work with {Mr.|Ms.} Zygomorphism..."6 (28.6%)
"In work with Zygomorphism..."11 (52.4%)
"In work with Dana..."18 (85.7%)
"In work with my collaborator..." [when credit is given by name in a slide]17 (81.0%)
Something else2 (9.5%)
None of the above.0 (0.0%)
Which of the following phrases would you consider unprofessional to use one or more times during an academic talk (assuming it was true)?
"In work with my wife..." [speaker is male]13 (68.4%)
"In work with my husband..." [speaker is female]13 (68.4%)
"In work with my wife..." [speaker is female]13 (68.4%)
"In work with my husband..." [speaker is male]13 (68.4%)
"In work with my partner..."10 (52.6%)
"In work with my significant other..."14 (73.7%)
"In work with my boyfriend..."18 (94.7%)
"In work with my girlfriend..."18 (94.7%)
"In work with my girlfriend's other boyfriend..."18 (94.7%)
"In work with my friend with benefits..."18 (94.7%)
"In work with my gay lover..."17 (89.5%)
"In work with the mother of my children..."18 (94.7%)
"In work with the person with whom I have sexual intercourse on a regular basis..."18 (94.7%)
"In work with my partner in a full-time BDSM relationship..."17 (89.5%)
"In work with your mom..."13 (68.4%)
None of the above0 (0.0%)
wordweaverlynn ("Goals, Dreams, and Lists").A question for women and people who have been perceived as women at some point: How much do the commenter's experiences resonate with you?
If anything I've gotten *more* harassment and threats than the commenter has.3 (13.6%)
Yeah, sounds about right.3 (13.6%)
It's not quite that bad for me, but close.4 (18.2%)
Sure, I've gotten a few whistles here and there, but nothing remotely like what she talks about.7 (31.8%)
I have never gotten any such comments or feared for my safety. Maybe I'm wearing an invisible burqa.0 (0.0%)
I was too lazy to read the comment, but I wanted to click the clicky thing.1 (4.5%)
I am a cisgender man, and will therefore take this opportunity to practice my listening skills.4 (18.2%)
For winter break, Tim should go to...
Boston area, visit his mom0 (0.0%)
New York City, get his mom to join him there, assuage guilt while avoiding staying in her apartment in Wellesley6 (50.0%)
Southern California, go biking, lie on beaches6 (50.0%)
Eastern Oregon comedy checkbox3 (25.0%)
Visit me! (Not likely to be effective for non-North-America locations.)3 (25.0%)
Other1 (8.3%)
Do you think that a transsexual person who has completed genital surgery has the obligation to tell a sexual partner that they were born with genitals that appeared different from the ones they currently have?
Do you think that a cissexual man who was born with only one testicle and has a (cosmetic) testicular implant has the obligation to tell a sexual partner that they were born with genitals that appeared different from the ones they currently have?
Do you think that a person who was born with sexually ambiguous genitalia and had their genitals "corrected" to resemble the genitalia typical of one sex or the other has the obligation to tell their partner that they were born with genitals that appeared different from the ones they currently have?
Do you think that a cissexual woman who has had breast reduction surgery has the obligation to inform her partner that she once had breasts that appeared different from the breasts she currently has?
Do you think that a cissexual woman who underwent female genital mutilation while young and has had reconstructive surgery to correct it has an obligation to inform her partners that she once had genitals that appeared different from the ones she currently has?
Do you think that a person who has outward genitalia that are typical for a person of the gender they present as, but who is infertile due to a congenital condition, has the obligation to inform their partners that their reproductive capacity does not match that of a typical person of their gender?
Do you think that a person who was born with a cleft palate, but had it surgically corrected, has the obligation to inform their partners that they were born with a face that appeared different from the one they currently have?
