[sudomatic]

I understand where you're coming from. I wouldn't deny anyone's humanity, and I agree that there are many important issues that we face in modern society. But for me, focusing on gender and sexual orientation is a way of trying to understand and address the systemic injustices that these groups face. It's not about ignoring other issues, but rather about trying to shine a light on issues that are often overlooked or marginalized. I apologize if this comes across as dismissive or insensitive.

[xodjmk]

They are probably just using 'men' and 'women' as an approximation that sort of matches the distribution of human beings. Without diving into the exact individual's relationships with sex/gender, you could get a somewhat accurate approximation of how a society operates. Then, from this 1st order approximation, if one was inclined, they could refine and add to the results by further breaking down the input parameters. I don't see any issues with approximating a binary distribution of male and female, even though everyone knows this is not a perfect description of reality. The fact that there is deviations from a binary is good, and can always be tapped into to add alternative views and refinements to the results.