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Originally Posted by sexobon
When relating medical information it starts with e.g. I have a 23 y.o. black female ..., in that order, because age takes precedence over race which takes precedence over gender when it comes to relative importance of other information in medical context.
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And yet you most definitely would not say, "I have a 23 y.o. red male," or "a 64 y.o. yellow female..." The world changes, and refusing to accept that just paints a person as old, whose opinion will be removed by attrition if not adaptation.