{"id":2058,"date":"2017-02-17T12:39:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T18:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2017-02-17T12:39:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T18:39:20","slug":"harvard-students-freak-dating-app-offers-gasp-two-genders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/2017\/02\/harvard-students-freak-dating-app-offers-gasp-two-genders\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard students freak out over dating app that only offers (gasp!) two genders"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/94744691\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/94744691?et=ERLPJGKeQLZD9GBh5njgqQ&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=kohDswQjJwI9nk2AjKuhGSPr_ftMJiF5oOCDPeQgiQE=\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can\u2019t make this up. Twenty-six members of the Harvard Undergraduate Council condemned a Valentine\u2019s App, because the app only offered the two genders. \u00a0You know, male and female, the classifications that normal thinking humans throughout history have used without problem.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Harvard Crimson <a class=\"external decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2017\/2\/15\/uc-criticizes-datamatch-gender-options\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2017\/2\/15\/uc-criticizes-datamatch-gender-options\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Datamatch\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\">Datamatch<\/span>, a matchmaking algorithm created by the Harvard Computer Society for Valentine\u2019s Day, forced students to choose \u201cmale\u201d or \u201cfemale\u201d without offering options for\u00a0<span data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\" data-scayt-word=\"genderqueer\">genderqueer<\/span>\u00a0or gender non-conforming students. The algorithm\u2019s website this year, however, allowed students to elaborate on their gender identity in a text box, but only after selecting one of the two genders provided.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"storyText\">The horrors!! \u00a0The Crimson continued to<em> tsk tsk tsk<\/em> the app creators:<\/div>\n<div id=\"shareBottom\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe acknowledge that the <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Datamatch\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\">Datamatch<\/span> team has put in a great deal of work to crafting this event, and we understand that there are technical difficulties which have, in part, led to this situation,\u201d the letter reads. \u201cHowever, we believe that the values of this College are important enough to merit full attention, and urge <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Datamatch\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\">Datamatch<\/span> to take the necessary steps to ensure that this never happens again.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But how can you fix such a problem? \u00a0Some people claim\u00a0there are almost SIXTY genders now. \u00a0 (Yes, with a straight face.) How can a dating app deal with the ever-changing landscape of politics and sex? \u00a0Of course, the head of the Harvard Computer Society apologize profusely \u201cthe exclusion that we have created on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Facebook, one Harvard Computer Society\u00a0member offered a suggestion that could immediately be offered to fix the problem: \u201c<span data-ft='{\"tn\":\"K\"}'><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">no gender information will be displayed on user profiles.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Um, that\u2019s a problem, too\u2026 Since most girls want to find a guy. \u00a0Most guys want to find a girl.<\/p>\n<p>I guess, in addition to the $250,000 tuition price tag you also have to also give up\u00a0your common sense.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I guess, in addition to the $250,000 tuition price tag you also have to give up your common sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2673,"featured_media":2059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - 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