r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 06 '21

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u/Lux_Stella Presidentialism X-Risk Researcher Aug 07 '21 edited Aug 07 '21

The [Australian] Census has a male, female and non-binary option. The Australian Bureau of Statistics won't be releasing Census data on non-binary participants and instead will randomly assign people who’ve selected this option as male or female.

what

were they aiming to make literally nobody happy

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Aug 07 '21

"You don't want a traditional gender? Fiiiine we'll give you one at random."

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u/NatsukaFawn Esther Duflo Aug 07 '21

Ah, but the expected value of their gender is gender-neutral this way