We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:04:06 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Tonight I was doing my wife a favor: renewing her Virginia nursing license via their website. They asked for lots of stuff (it's a new system that needs its databse populated)...date degree was awarded, special certifications, etc., etc. One dropdown menu was for "Sex." Fair enough...in the hospitals I've been in lately, it's seems almost a 50/50 split. The choices kinda threw me, though. Male Female Other "Other"? "OTHER"? "yes" or "no" or even "occasionally" I can see. But. Other? *sigh*... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html Fri, 18 Feb 2005 23:17:48 -0600 Umm, sir, I beg to differ, and say "not exactly", on the part before the hyphen. I spoke of sex as a quality, something which humans and other bisexual creatures have. ( I don't mean ambisexual!) I go with the old dictionaries. Sex is not a deed, but an identity. Why do so many people say "sex" when they mean "congress"? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15659 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15659 Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:12:37 -0600 No, JTG, sex isn't - but you... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15440 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15440 Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:02:04 -0600 Well, since we're on the subject, may I help to spread the Internet rumor that Jamie Lee Curtis is actually XY? Ya know, Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, formerly known as Testicular Feminization? Hey, I think she's hot, too! Sex is weird. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15374 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15374 Sun, 20 Feb 2005 23:01:13 -0600 Is this like the woman who, when she came to the line that said "Single-Married-Divorced", wrote All the above? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15333 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15333 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 23:50:26 -0600 Oh, I don't know... I remember during my VA physical I got a prostate exam that I would have had to pay extra for in some place like Thailand... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15328 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15328 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:44:10 -0600 Ummm...can I have a nurse that knows enough about anatomy not to answer "other" to that question the next time I get sick? I know it's not PC, but I wouldn't want them to try to do a prostate exam on me... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15324 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15324 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:52:59 -0600 Kid walks up to his father and asks "Daddy. what's sex?" So Daddy gives him the whole big lecture he'd been dreading but knew would be needed. Kid asks "How am I supposed to fit all that in this space on this form?" http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15321 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15321 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 18:37:14 -0600 Essex? Wessex? Sussex? Middlesex? (I believe the latter is the actual name of a county in Massachusetts.) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15319 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15319 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:21:44 -0600 Well, BC, at least the Commentariat at Castle Argghhh! seems to be a little rabidly hetero... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15309 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15309 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 14:09:14 -0600 As a gay friend of an ex once said, "It doubles my chance of a date on Saturday night". Well, maybe not in this community. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15300 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15300 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:17:59 -0600 On the XY vs XX thing - I think there are also cases of individuals with XXY. Figure THAT one out!!! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15299 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15299 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 11:54:31 -0600 Thanx joekujo, That's what happens when I get too close to my soft side. I'll hafta go out, chop some wood, 'n get me fixed. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15298 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15298 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 11:48:16 -0600 Then again, what would I know. I suffer from lacking half a chromosome less than the other 50% of the general population. Lacking... half a chromosome... less than... Keep It Simple... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15296 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15296 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 11:20:59 -0600 We need to have Beth come over and post about sexism in the IT world. What the heck, Dusty's gone and gotten us all touchy-feely in here! Thank heaven's the trolls have stayed away though. These threads would have gotten ugly quickly. Kind of like that increasingly silly thread at Cassandra's, where her loyal regulars keep feeding her troll on the subject of Brit Hume. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15294 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15294 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 10:11:47 -0600 Oldloadr, I gently disagree with the XX/XY definition of gender. There are rare mutations by which fully functional females (in the physical/emotional/social sense), have XY Chromosomes. I'd be very Un-PC of us to define gender that way, wouldn't it be? Then again, what would I know. I suffer from lacking half a chromosome less than the other 50% of the general population. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15290 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15290 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 09:55:45 -0600 Gee, you'd think that a nurse would be able to figure that one out by now. "Hmmm. Sex?" Pulls out waistband and looks down. "OK, check!" http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15289 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15289 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 09:54:19 -0600 You fill out your wife's nursing renewal too? I thought I was the only one. Haven't seen "other" on the form in SC, but then, we are a much "redder" state, if you catch my drift. Anyway, I seem to remember a discusion in the Olympic community years ago about going only by chromosomes: XX=female, XY=male; just a thought. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15288 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15288 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 09:44:33 -0600 You fill out your wife's nursing renewal too? I thought I was the only one. Haven't seen "other" on the form in SC, but then, we are a much "redder" state, if you catch my drift. Anyway, I seem to remember a discusion in the Olympic community years ago about going only by chromosomes: XX=female, XY=male; just a thought. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15287 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15287 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 09:44:14 -0600 Let's not forget hermaphrodites! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15278 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15278 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:32:32 -0600 I am so confused... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15276 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15276 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:16:15 -0600 When encountering that question, I always lie. Scares the hell out of them. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15274 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15274 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 07:38:03 -0600 Ah, the convoluted PC world we live in these days. You wouldn't want to prickle the sensibilities of the transgendered community amongst us, would you? What would Brandon, who is in the process of becoming Brenda, feel like if he/she/it feels left out? Just try walking a mile on he/she/its loafers/pumps/retread michelins, and see what it feels like. On second thought, this is way to far difficult to contemplate prior to my first cup of coffee. GAWD - THE HORROR http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15273 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15273 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 07:36:26 -0600 What ever happened to the "YES, PLEASE" answer to that question? That was always the answer in college, anyway. "Other" should be changed to "Shim", or "In Transition" or may "Under Re-construction", don't you think? Makes sense to me... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15271 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/02/trick_question.html#comment-15271 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 07:08:02 -0600