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just thought I would share this gem with you

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gaggiagirl · 09/07/2013 10:31

I hope I've put this thread in the right place, here goes.
At work I send out letters I won't go into mega detail but these letters have questionnaires attached that are only relevant to women, so we were told to avoid men getting these questionnaires we should look at the persons title.
Written in black and white it says this " send questionnaires to Miss, Ms, Mrs as they are women but not to Mr,Dr or Rev as they are men"
Really? I thought it was 2013 am I wrong?
I've raised this as an issue and the written procedure will be amended.
Just thought I would share that little nugget of bull shit with you all.

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gaggiagirl · 11/07/2013 18:50

myhumps I feel my place of work is truly dodgy yes but its also one of Europe's largest employers and its similar to working for Satan himself ha ha.

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CoalDustWoman · 10/07/2013 21:53

Or post-op transmen? Or women who have had mastectomies/hysterectomies?

CoalDustWoman · 10/07/2013 21:52

What about transwomen? The assumption doesn't fit the law, let alone the titles.

Ask her that, just to see the look on her face.

MyHumpsMyLovelyBabyBumps · 10/07/2013 21:43

I wonder if they don't actually want to risk getting medical women if that's the nature of the questioning,and used that as an excuse. is it a bit dodgy the place you work?

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gaggiagirl · 10/07/2013 21:30

coal the questionairre is a medical one and asks for info on something only women have/get/suffer from, sorry don't want to say too much in case I out myself but its not a relevant questionnaire for men.

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CoalDustWoman · 10/07/2013 21:13

What information is the questionnaire trying to elicit?

MaggieMaggieMaggieMcGill · 10/07/2013 20:41

No cous-cous is a type of bird, one of those ones that comes and perches on your finger and does a little harmony thing with you when you are cleaning some weird little cottage that you've wandered into which was filthy and your inherent femaleness has taken over so that you have to clean it.

SplitHeadGirl · 10/07/2013 20:31

Gaggiagirl, you did so well getting that changed!!! I can't believe anyone thought that was ok to begin with!!!

Anniegetyourgun · 10/07/2013 20:04

I fort it was a fluffy aminal.

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gaggiagirl · 10/07/2013 18:44

The woman who wrote it doesn't know what cous cous is (((judgy pants evil laugh))))

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Isoscelesnorks · 10/07/2013 12:57

ROFL TJ! That's just priceless!

PeterParkerSays · 10/07/2013 09:01

Really, you and your colleagues have enough brains to check an individual's first name? Fancy that..... Grin

MyHumpsMyLovelyBabyBumps · 09/07/2013 15:23

oh my actual god. How shit

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gaggiagirl · 09/07/2013 12:31

Its just a guidance procedure purely for our small office cos we are too thick to find out who is female and who is male thank heavens its just in our small office and its been re typed.

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TalkativeJim · 09/07/2013 12:20

You know when you get your PhD and you get handed what looks like a little scroll? Well it isn't, it's a brand new shiny little penis all of your own, just in case you don't have one.

You just staple it on, start talking bullshit and away to go Grin

ImNotBloody14 · 09/07/2013 12:15

xposting

ImNotBloody14 · 09/07/2013 12:14

in fact the more I think about this the more odd I find it that this was the policy.

surely if you are sending letters to people you have gleaned their info from somewhere, so would have their name, address and probably gender anyway! why was title the thing used? if no gender then surely first name would have been the obvious thing to look at.

is this real?

BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 09/07/2013 12:13

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Poledra · 09/07/2013 12:10

So what is the procedure being amended to? If they change to 'do not send to Rev, Dr or Prof as it is unclear if they are female', the you risk biasing your sample...

ImNotBloody14 · 09/07/2013 12:10

aside from the obvious- that is a really patronising note! the "as they are women" and "as they are men" is as if it's directing children to do it not adults!

where the hell do you work? (not genuinely asking! just shocked at how unreal that whole thing is)

BIWI · 09/07/2013 12:06

I tweeted a link to your thread to @EverydaySexism, and it's been favourited on Twitter!

It's outrageous that this should happen in this day and age - and that it's by a woman too just beggars belief.

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gaggiagirl · 09/07/2013 12:04

Well peter Prof would surely be a man what with being clever and all that! Us women just like kittens and Sparkly shoes.
It is so depressing though isn't it and I've already had my piss boiled this week by someone telling my DD 'blue is for boys and pink is for girls' (incredible hulk emoticon)

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sonlypuppyfat · 09/07/2013 11:40

We had a lady vicar

PeterParkerSays · 09/07/2013 11:35

What about Prof? Wink