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Hi Folks - can someone help with the hierarchical structure as per bands in persistent?
Like what is 7.x, 9.x and 11.x ? Is there anything above 11? I m about to receive an offer and would like to negotiate it properly !
My skill set- Microsoft Azure.
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Chief
Language is a tool we use to describe reality. As we learn more about ourselves, how humans behave, and how our minds work, we’ve come up with new, more specific ways of describing ourselves while also acknowledging certain realities we’ve preferred to suppress.
The 50+ things is a bit misleading though. People are still figuring out the language around this stuff so a lot of the terms out there overlap and describe similar things.
Enthusiast
I once read this book on Amazon called “The 7 Sexes, Biology of Sex Determination”, by Elon Carlson.
It’s an interesting read. He basically says gender is a spectrum, with cis males and cis females sitting on opposite ends, while hermaphrodites sit in the middle. Next on opposing sides of the spectrum are gay men and lesbians, followed by M to F transgender and F to M transgender on opposite sides.
I agree. I don’t get it. It’s also a non issue and liberals parade around like conservatives are banning Pansexuals or Demi genders from receiving home loans.
No...we just think you’re weird.
Enthusiast
🍻, OP!
Chief
The whole "50 genders" thing is usually a conservative phrase to disparage the idea of gender identity. Nobody really says there are 50 genders.
When it comes to identity I personally follow my core life tenet: If it has nothing to do with me, I mind my own f*cking business. It's a great tenet to live by.
Chief
OP, I guess I can sympathize. I personally don't know that I grasp it either, but I know it's important for some people so I support them.
Rising Star
I struggle with understanding why anyone cares how someone identifies. Let people live.
Rising Star
P2 I honestly do not know. I didn’t know “let people live why do you care” was so inflammatory. It is fine to not understand something and also not be impacted by it!
Pro
The only thing that bothers me is the linguistic militancy. You’re welcome to tell me your pronouns and I’ll use them, but I’m not going to ask. I’m just gonna go ahead and take a first stab. Don’t get offended.
Agree with this. You can correct me if you prefer to go by something else and I will correct myself but yes I won't go out of my way to ask.
You can identify however you want but don't let those who identify as female who are really biologically male compete in female sports. Especially when it's a contact sport. That's just dangerous.
I think they’re referencing a trans mma fighter who fractured a woman’s skull.
Rising Star
I am liberal AF, gender should be replaced by a length scale based on your anatomy.
Size matters!
Chief
I don't get either. But it also has no impact on my life. So what ever.
Conversation Starter
For people make the issue out of it, have nothing going on in their life. Especially for those who impose their ideology on random people.
Chief
What does biology have to do with how one presents themselves in the world; with the clothes they wear, the length of their hair, the makeup on their face, the colors they dress themselves in?
I’m gay and liberal and also don’t get it but really if we just let people do what they want as long as it does not infringe on the public, then what’s the harm
Conversation Starter
Who said there’s 50 genders out there?
Enthusiast
Right but you’re the one coming across aggressive and combative, not me. I was sincere with my post and you decided to interpret it a certain way, which is your right, but I don’t have to accept your framing.
Rising Star
How does it impact your life?
Pro
How many sex chromosome combination does a member of homo sapiens have?
Visual Storyteller
https://www.who.int/genomics/gender/en/index1.html
Visual Storyteller
Part of my mother’s dissertation was on children who mislabeled at birth due to ambiguous genitalia (genetics). Once they reached puberty the hormones kicked in and they grew into their adults of the correct gender.
If something like that is medically possible then I think it’s only reasonable to go with whatever gender identity a person tells you they are.
Also, cisgender just means straight. We have to keep up with the lingo as well.
Visual Storyteller
Honestly I didn’t have a clue. Thanks for pointing that out.
Enthusiast
I’m not sure you need to question it or understand it. It doesn’t really impact you?