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The recent whirlwind of support of open data has many, including the European Commission, governments and analysts applauding a new era of ‘Data as Culture,’ where individual and collective data shadows track, stalk and cloak us throughout our lives.

From the time we are born, we receive countless involuntary yet socially-necessary data assignments — from phone numbers and social security numbers to intelligence ratings, voting habits and political opinions.

The data shadow formed by one category in particular — sex and gender — is arguably one of the trickiest yet most impactful pieces of data collected. Here’s why.