Clever, Stop Being So

A presentation at DEVit Conference in May 2017 in Thessaloniki, Greece by Kitty Giraudel

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Clever, stop being so @HugoGiraudel — Accessibility advocate @N26 (Berlin, Germany)

May 20th, 2017

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From The Front

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!

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Clever, stop being so

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Asking for info online

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Freaking hard

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Inclusivity Diversity

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We all suck at it

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Name & gender

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What’s in 
 a name?

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First name + last name

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" Hi, nice to meet you! " Hi, what is your ! rst name and your last name?

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Not so fast

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Iceland

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Patronymic

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<parentName> -dóttir /son

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Björk Gu ð mundsdóttir

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Björk Mrs. Gu ð mundsdóttir ! "

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  1. Given name
  2. Patronymic

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Malaysia

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bin/binti <parentName>

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Isa bin Osman

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Isa / Isa bin Osman / Isa Osman Osman ! "

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China

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Generation name

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“Western” name

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Jin Peng ( {g )

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Jean-Pierre

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Spain

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Multiple names

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Names of father and mother

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María-Jose Carreño Quiñones

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Born from Sr. Carreño Sra. Quiñones

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Sra. Carreño Sra. Quiñones ! "

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France

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(Aristocratic) particle

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Jean De Jouvencourt

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Mr. De Jouvencourt Mr. Jouvencourt ! "

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Germany

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Academic degrees &

titles

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Doktor, professor…

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Herr Professor Doktor Schmidt Herr Schmidt ! "

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Japan

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Relationship context

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Vietnam

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Given name 
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Nguy ễ n T ấ n D ũ ng

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Mr. D ũ ng

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Thailand

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Nickname(s)

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Yingluck Shinawatra

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Pu (“crab”) ( ! )

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India

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Patronymic

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Location

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Caste

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Religion

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Initials

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Any more clusterfuck?

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Marital names

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People with a single name

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Now what?

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Don’t ask for 
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 last name

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Have a 
 unique ! eld

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Don’t restrict length

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Handle single-letter names

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Handle looooooooong names

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Don’t restrict characters

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Handle every character

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Also punctuation

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Don’t say name is invalid

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Say you can’t handle it properly

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Don’t try 
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Ask how you should call them

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Your full name: How should we call you? e.g. 東海林賢蔵 e.g. Sh ō ji

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What’s in 
 a gender?

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Male / Female?

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Not so fast

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Terminology

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Chromosomes (XX, XY…)

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Sexual characteristics

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Gender expression

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Gender identity

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Common misconceptions

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Gender is not binary

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Even sex isn’t (intersex)

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Gender ≠ sex

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Transgender is not a gender

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Non-binary ≠

transgender

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You don’t get to decide

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Now what?

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Ask if you must

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Say why

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Advertising, declining services… $

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Social pro ! les, 3rd parties… %

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Monitoring diversity &

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Clarify privacy

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Devastating consequences

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“Transgender” isn’t ideal

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Provide a “non-binary” option

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O ' er a way to skip

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Avoid “other”

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Provide free text if you can

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Autocomplete

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About pronouns

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Don’t try to guess

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Ask which to use

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Default to singular “they”

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Wrapping up

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Don’t assume anything

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Accept people as they are

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Inclusivity Diversity Accessibility

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Thank you! @HugoGiraudel

May 20th 2017 Special thanks to Chad Gowler for their 
 inspiring “How to ask about gender” talk