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YouGov - bye bye

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AuntieCJ · 13/02/2019 08:37

I've occasionally filled in YouGov surveys, especially political ones. I haven't done any for a while but did one this morning.

At the end it asked me my gender. "Female (including transwomen)" was one option. I filled in "other" and wrote "female not including transwomen".

It's plain daft to think that women and transwomen have similar opinions on all the things yougov survey about. I would have thought it was more important to survey accurately including the differences than pretending they are the same and will have the same opinions.

I filled in one survey about sanitary protection - what transwoman would have an opinion on that?

Is this a thin end of the wedge thing or am I particularly grumpy this morning?

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R0wantrees · 13/02/2019 11:22

It needs two boxes, sex M/F which is unchanging as humans can't change sex and then an open box for 'gender identity'. Many people would write none or n/a for gender identity.
This would enable accurate meaningful data collection which is also inclusive

MillytantForceit · 13/02/2019 10:55

Psephologically illterate.

Lumene · 13/02/2019 10:54

Did it also say Male (including trans men)?

If this is what yougov are doing it means they do not have reliable sex based data in their research anymore.

Not a brilliant commercial move really.

theOtherPamAyres · 13/02/2019 10:52

How can commentators trust Yougov poll information when it has gathered unreliable information about self-identified gender rather than sex?

For instance, transwomen may have high levels of satisfaction with political parties like the Lib Dems, but women are more critical, in the light of Lynne Featherstone's statement that they are not welcome if they don't accept that TWAW.

Such details will be missing from Yougov polls since women and transwomen are lumped together. The distinction between the two is critical when it comes to politics and policy because there are conflicts of interests.

What makes Yougov think that men can be women?

SmellsLikeAdultSpirit · 13/02/2019 08:40

It is ridiculous to group women and trans women into a single group
We are no more alike than men and women and our needs are very different

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