<podcast:person gender="m/f/d/*">

[saerdnaer]

Should we add a gender attribute to the person tag?

[keunes]

Why would we need that?

[saerdnaer]

For example if you want to search for episodes/podcasts with at least one female contributor

[keunes]

Hmm, ok. I don't see the appeal of it right now; I would mainly use person info to search for guests or hosts that I know are interesting. But maybe there's value in the use-case you describe.

[theDanielJLewis]

While this would be interesting for data analysis, such would also lack enough adoption to be worth much.

And I don't see much need for searching a podcast based solely on whether the hosts are male or female.

If we did support gender, then I foresee all kinds of additional requests, like sexual preference, age, race, etc.

I would also worry that even a gender tag could lead to discrimination or worse.

[PofMagicfingers]

There is many langages, including French, where gender neutral is sometimes tricky. Having the gender/pronom of the guest and host of a podcast could be useful for public profiles and other ui elements. "See her/his profile", etc. While this would be interesting for data analysis, such would also lack

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enough adoption to be worth much. And I don't see much need for searching a podcast based solely on whether the hosts are male or female. If we did support gender, then I foresee all kinds of additional requests, like sexual preference, age, race, etc. I would also worry that even a gender tag could lead to discrimination or worse. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#348 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AADST7MIAXZAMF4RUC6OFETU7LMOXANCNFSM5QEKYGOQ> . Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> or Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&referrer=utm_campaign%3Dnotification-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgithub>. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[keunes]

There is many langages, including French, where gender neutral is sometimes tricky. Having the gender/pronom of the guest and host of a podcast could be useful for public profiles and other ui elements. "See her/his profile"

Seems this example, at least for French, isn't really working as an argument here: the possessive adjective in French takes the gender of the possessed object, not of the owner: « son profil » is both 'his' and 'her' profile. In English 'their' is quite well accepted as a gender-neutral form, and workarounds are used in many other languages (often 'his/her').

[daveajones]

I'll keep this open for comment, but this one seems a little creepy. Just my two cents.