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I want better math education so we can stop describing gender as a "spectrum" and start describing it as a "multidimensional vectorspace" which is really much more accurate
while colorspace is three-dimensional, the word "spectrum" is strongly associated with the visible light spectrum which is usually represented as one-dimensional
@gdkar the fact that it's misunderstood means it's a bad metaphor
@nex3 i guess? just, like, describing it as a multidimensional vector space isn't,... per se,... better?
like. that's not actually a different thing, really? so by the time people have enough awareness that you could call it that, you.... don't.... need to? idk. 🤷
@nex3 ah yes, the gender gamut...
@nex3 ..... i mean.
"spectrum," isn't,.... really wrong there? it's just that, like, people misunderstand what a spectrum..... /is/? 🤷
( but. meh. anyway. )