[mehrdadn]

> Why mention gender at all?

I don't know, but if that's the intended question then it'd make sense to ask that (which someone else already did, so I recommend upvoting if you're interested).

The question whose point I don't get is the one I responded to. It seems absurd to ask "why did you do X but not Y?" when doing Y would've only left you more dissatisfied.

[monktastic1]

Ah. I interpreted it as "perhaps you prefer to identify genders in general, but that's belied by not using it here."