Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: > Michael Pavling wrote: >> On 2 August 2010 17:29, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> probably use a model or at least an enumeration for that. >> As the OP said, s/he needs to store either Male or Female - those are >> sexes. >> >> Certainly I agree on all the musings about gender-identity, and the >> difference between physiological sex. But that's the point - it's the >> physiological that I assume the OP wants to record. > > I think this is an open question, and the OP needs to decide this for > himself. Baby names would seem to have more to do with gender than sex. > This is actually something of a data analysis issue.
Well, this discussion certainly has "gone down the rabbit hole" so to speak. I mean let's face it. When people think about baby names. and creating lists of them for a boy or a girl this discussion of sex vs. gender, and attempts to define either, completely misses the point. What about "the boy named Sue?" It really only matters to the individual picking the name whether they consider it suitable as a boy's name, a girl's name or both. All that's required is that the name can be categorized by the person creating the lists. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
