I would like to request that the gender question be removed from the process of starting a new pandora account (or upgrading to a paid account). If it is also asked during the process of setting up music station preferences, it should be removed there as well. Here are my reasons: The current question excludes people who identify as trans, and non-binary. It only allows the user to pick male or female. The reason given by pandora for asking for gender is so that appropriate music can be suggested to the user. I cannot fathom why gender has much influence on music preferences. However, if pandora uses an algorithm based on gender, then it would be cumbersome to add new options. Therefore the easiest way to stop alienating people is to remove the question. If you are asking for gender for other reasons that help pandora for business purposes, such as marketing, then say so. In this case, it should be easy to add options to the list of genders, so do it. You should do something about this, because, even if the current users of this forum don't care, the people who are insulted, annoyed, or hurt by your current question probably aren't using your product and joining this forum. Until this policy is changed, I will not subscribe to pandora, and I will certainly advise my friends against using pandora b/c of your gender insensitivity.
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