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shawnee_ on Feb 3, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Poll: What is your gender?

Interesting to see the progression of these numbers over time.

male:female (other)

@30 minutes it is 200:10 (7) @15 minutes it was 42:2 (0)

http://hackeress.com/hackeress/etc/genders.png

niels_olson on Feb 3, 2011 | [–]

Even looking back at the older surveys, looks like the ratio is somewhere around 20:1. This makes the military look positively feminist.

TimothyBurgess on Feb 3, 2011 | [–]

I was thinking the exact same thing. It's a little too late now though to get worthwhile results, I think. Perhaps a year from now I'll ask again with a script ready. :)

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