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Perhaps because Facebook provides an easy and fairly reliable way to determine someone's sex. Many projects including dating sites have relied on it to do authentication for this reason.

>>EGreg+(OP)
And it’s awful. This trend needs to stop. Facebook is an ad tracking platform, not a universal authentication scheme.

>>EGreg+(OP)
I fail to see how it'd be good for this use - do they require a number of friends or something? I have 4 Facebook accounts for faking out exactly this kind of stuff, but none with any real information.

>>EGreg+(OP)
A sizeable and growing portion of the population refuses to have any dealing with this shady corporation. Facebook is not a universal authentication platform and never will be.

>>proble+u1
Presumably most people are not like you and have only one account. The site can make sure you have had an account for at least a year and your sex is female. Otherwise you may want to fake it to get in.

It's the most reliable "easy" way I know to determine this info. I remember an app called Lulu which did the same.

>>glorkk+l3
There isn't a universal authentication platform. Facebook is closer than most. And Facebook is strong for this in the interest of getting something out the door, to be improved later.