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Sharon Turner
Istanbui
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EAP Teacher (English for Academic Purposes), Sabanci University

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Is it important to state your gender on your TED profile?

I was filling in my TED profile recently and I was struck by the gender category. Is it important to state your gender on your TED profile? Should gender be a category on your TED profile?

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Marcin Kasiak 200+
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Aug 25 2011: I think you see a problem where there isn't one. Everyone can check the gender they feel comfortable with not necessary what is written in the documents.
My guess is TED uses this info for statistics and it facilitates contact with the users.

sorry but it seems to me as such a first-world-problem.
- Sharon Turner 500+
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  Aug 27 2011: Hi Marcin,
  
  You live in a beautiful place. My niece has just moved there. I have two questions for you
  
  (1) How could gender facilitate contact with users? Surely whether your male or female would have no bearing on this.
  
  (2) What do you mean by a first world problem?
  
  I look forward to the answer.)
  - Marcin Kasiak 200+
    
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    Aug 27 2011: 1. so that they would know how to adress you.
    
    2. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=First+World+Problems

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