[Zenst]

Facts are that many of these companies do not have the 50/50 perfect split of genders and are actively encouraged by some higher-ups to be able to tick that box as it is viewed as something that without could effect the share price.

How companies get to that ideal balance is questionable in some cases and the crux is that until the whole gender aspect is taken of the table and we just call each other humans, such things will always play out.

If it bothers you - just tick the "other" box in gender based forms, of which that option is provided by such companies.

[londons_explore]

> If it bothers you - just tick the "other" box

Or tick whatever you like. The question is "Which gender do you most identify with", and it's totally fine to change your answer every 5 minutes - it's your own choice!

[sprez]

Interestingly, a guy from my uni choose the female gender for the online coding challenge, and got shortlisted (inspite of scoring less than his other male friends who were rejected), but was ultimately rejected after the interview