• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    I understand why one would ask for “Only men or women” in questions about men or women.

    The person asking probably has their own assumptions, but wants to see how close they are to reality. If a man is under the assumption that women don’t poop (going with something silly here just for an example), and they get a bunch of responses from other men that are under the same assumption, they will all assume they are right and confirm the misinformation. Of course, some men will know the real answer, but when you have 50% of the comments saying yes, and 50% saying no, you aren’t any further ahead then you were to begin with.

    Aside from the inevitable joke responses (usually from me) if “only women plz” answer, you will get the correct answer, or at least a spectrum of opinions that you can get a general idea from.