# Gender, race, and other issues (split off from Doper Demographics thread)

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**Created:** [September 7, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-race-and-other-issues-split-off-from-doper-demographics-thread/971091 "2022-09-07T00:09:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-race-and-other-issues-split-off-from-doper-demographics-thread/971091/201 "2022-09-08T18:19:08Z")

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> [@YWTF](#):
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> Are you saying the board has a rule prohibiting people from using definitions of “men” and “women” that accord with what has been used traditionally?

Guidelines can be found here:

> [@Guidelines for posting on transgender issues on the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guidelines-for-posting-on-transgender-issues-on-the-sdmb/937563):
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> Guidelines for discussion of transgender issues on the SDMB Discussions of transgender issues are often fraught and opinions tend to be polarized. Nonetheless, the SDMB believes frank conversation reflecting a wide diversity of views is the surest way to establish common ground. To facilitate such discussion, please observe the following guidelines, which apply to all forums except the Pit, where guidelines 2 through 6 apply. (The first two guidelines apply to all discussion regardless of subje…

This paragraph specifically applies (bolding mine):

1. Do not deliberately misgender another poster – **that is, refer to them by a pronoun or other sex-specific term indicating a gender other than the one they identify as**. This applies only in cases where a poster’s gender identity is reasonably clear. Likewise, do not deliberately misgender off-board figures. This is a more rigorous standard than we apply in other contexts; we do not normally mod posters for merely insulting off-board figures. Deal with it.

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