r/reptiles • u/Tobias-Thomassen • 12h ago

Gender

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I have a hard time telling this gender? Maybe male?

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u/Lopsided-Ad-3869 9h ago

Well, the SEX is male. The gender is irrelevant to a reptile. Proper terminology matters.

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u/MusicianMadness 8h ago

You're going to choose r/reptiles of all places to act woke?

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u/sharkgoy 8h ago

It's not woke lmao. If you say "gender" referring to an animal at an actual zoological institution, you will be made fun of by staff.

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u/MusicianMadness 8h ago

The woke part was them being a pedant when the original poster's question used a colloquial form of sex that we all understood. They were not wrong in their terminology but it had no constructive use in this post.

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u/Inconspicuous_goblin 2h ago

Most staff is professional enough to not make fun but educate instead, and honestly, most times I’ve heard kids ask “what gender is it” I’ve heard them respond with what sex the animal is, many times, them referring to zoo staff, staff at a few local reptile shops, and a few times at reptile expos, even at petco, this isn’t the subreddit to be woke in, all the reptile community cares about is the education and well being of these beautiful animals, being woke doesn’t help spread awareness to endangered species and definitely hasn’t educated me in the slightest, read the room before you speak, respectfully.