04-07-2016, 07:51 PM
(04-07-2016, 04:30 PM)Benjamin Wrote:Quote:I am aiming to make it as close to gender and sexuality neutral as possible so that everyone - men, women, gay, straight, bisexual, can have a version with me only building one or two versions.
That worries me.. the whole gender neutral thing can only lead to it being watered down and trying to cater to everyone like that won't please anyone similar to what you said earlier in the post. I'm not sure i'd feel safe or comfortable using something that is described as 'gender and sexuality neutral'.
Universalizing it will force it to improve. While I cannot make one version for both genders, I can make one version that is as much applicable to both genders, and then add those gender specifics to the rest, which will minimize the work required to build both.
Sexuality neutral is just something that does not make specific references that would violate a sexual identity. For instance, we would remove the lead in to SM from AM in the next version, because it makes direct reference to sex with females. But that's no loss, because I am removing that regardless, since it is not a direct focus.
If you look at projects like NetBSD, they focus on being as portable as possible across all computer architectures using just one code base. The result is not a watered down version, but a version that is significantly better in the quality of the coding.
There will be no watering down. But I do want an "Alpha Male" that focuses fully on "alpha male" and is simultaneously useful to any male who uses it, regardless of his gender orientation. Alphaness in a man does not require one to be straight, gay or bisexual. Likewise, it does not require one to be male. But there are some differences between men and women that will force a different version for each gender.
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