Application assumes gender is binary. Moreover, the parameter is not optional.

[nus-pe-bot]

Since the parameter for gender is not optional, I can only assign Male or Female to a student/prof/ta. This poses a problem if the individual does not identify as a Male or Female.

It can be even more problematic if a user is using the application to track their social circle and identifies the friend with the wrong pronouns.

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_{[original: nus-cs2103-AY2223S1/pe-interim#4642] [original labels: type.FeatureFlaw severity.Low]}

[Jonaspng]

Team's Response

This is only a mere suggestion and does not affect the functionality of our application. In any case, the tag feature can always be used to include any gender the person identifies with.

Technically, gender is not tied to pronouns, someone who identifies as male can choose the pronouns "them/ they". Our app does not include a pronoun field.

Furthermore, NUS records students as only either Male or Female. According to official statistic potrayed by NUS registar office, there is only male or female students. As our target audience are NUS Computing students, we would align ourselves to the university's characterisation of gender among students.

Source for screenshot: https://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/docs/info/student-statistics/enrolment-statistics/undergraduate-studies/ug-enrol-20202021.pdf

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