Beehaw decides: what is the set of all genders? (strawpoll.com)

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[-] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago

I'm way overthinking this, but I'm going with finite. It could be an unfathomably large number, but gender is a human construct and there are a finite number of humans. Let's say each human that ever lives has a unique gender identity - there could be billions or trillions, but it would still be finite.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I was going to write up a similar argument, but does a gender exist if no one has it? Because then we might be able to "fill in the gaps" and get it to uncountably infinite.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I got to that point in my thinking and then just gave up and posted my first thought.

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