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Poll: What is your gender?

24 points by TimothyBurgess ↗ HN
I'm interested to see what kind of demographics we have here on HN. I suspect the majority are male but it would be interesting to see an approximate percentage of females.

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TimothyBurgess
This actually goes with my other poll: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2175588
corin_
Given HN polls allow users to pick more than one option, you could have had a "What is your age/gender?" With both Gender and Age options, letting people vote on the two relevant answers.
TimothyBurgess
Oh I did not know that. Thanks! That's good to know in the future. I assumed HN automatically removed your previous vote similar to radio buttons.
abyssknight
You know, its kind of naive to use a binary to represent gender. Just throwing that out there.
ryandvm
Was probably easier than:

"On a scale of 1 to 10, please describe your sexual identity as it relates to the presence of traits and characteristics formerly associated with the expression of the human Y chromosome."

secret
I realize you say this jokingly, but seeing that at this there are almost as many others as female (14 v 16) I'm curious how they define it. If I had to guess it would be mostly male->female given the overwhelming number of males, but I have no idea.
notyourwork
By "What is everyone's gender?" I think you mean "What is your gender?" I do not think "everyone" has singular gender.
TimothyBurgess
Good eye... I'll change the age poll's title as well. ;)
Vivtek
At a current 98:6:2 ratio, I'm thinking "everyone" here has a pretty clear gender.
astrodust
I've often wondered if the tech industry has a statistically higher other ratio than others, or if people are just more open or honest.
shawnee_
Interesting to see the progression of these numbers over time.

male:female (other)

@30 minutes it is 200:10 (7) @15 minutes it was 42:2 (0)

http://hackeress.com/hackeress/etc/genders.png

TimothyBurgess
I was thinking the exact same thing. It's a little too late now though to get worthwhile results, I think. Perhaps a year from now I'll ask again with a script ready. :)
niels_olson
Even looking back at the older surveys, looks like the ratio is somewhere around 20:1. This makes the military look positively feminist.
shubber
Well, that's a huge surprise. Something to remember when topics of gender do come up: we are most of us male, and that influences the outlook.
allard
my sex is male, my gender is man
[dead] donnawarellp
just a moment, ah, ah, ah, ooooh, uhhh. oh. oh yes, female. idiots