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Originally Posted by George H.
I probably should stay far away from this thread but... what is so bad about gender assumptions? Yes I have read the key posts in the thread and I'm very sorry this bothers you so much but... is it really so important or so terrible that we make gender assumptions. Is it really even that prevalent? The only time gender or sexual orientation matters to me here is when it might be helpful in forming an answer to a post. We go through life relying on small irrelevant assumptions because asking about every small detail that doesn't seem important in our interactions with others would be incredibly time consuming.
It would also seem to be an invasion of privacy and very awkward to ask everyone we come into contact with to give us a detailed analysis of their sexuality/gender identifications.
The only important thing to me is what type of person you are. Are you good/bad/boring/interesting etc.
Why make life more complicated than it already is?
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I agree. Plus, the mind does the work it does without our conscious efforts. The mind probably finds it hard to deal with anonymity, so it fills in the gap by imagining concrete details - age, gender, location, etc.
Plus, human mind is known to have the ability and need to fill in the blanks - I do not know how to look for it on the web, but there are texts out there - without some of the letters. But still enough to understand. Because the mind fills in the blanks fine. Most of the time.