Striking a balance in a local authority

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Ihaventgottimeforthis · 21/06/2020 22:54

I'm just doing a job application for a local authority.
Diversity section.
Q1: How do you describe your sex? (Prefer not to say/Female/Male/Gender Fluid/Intersex/Non-binary/Other)
Q2: Is your gender identity the same as the sex you were assigned (!) at birth? (Prefer not to say/Yes/No).

Apart from the non-sex terms included in Q1, and the use of 'assigned', I'm ok with this phrasing overall. It's a reasonable compromise.
Thoughts?

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Ninkanink · 21/06/2020 23:18

What ‘data purposes’ could it possibly be useful for if the data collected isn’t accurate??

This is the sort of nonsensical crap I cannot stand.

It’s really very easy to cut through the bullshit: Male or female.

FantaOra · 21/06/2020 23:14

What are "data purposes"?

Those questions are all completely trans agenda led. Organisations are being told to hassle people for this information but it has no real or explained purpose, just the vague word "monitoring".

I don't go to work to be "monitored" for anything other than my work.

LastTrainEast · 21/06/2020 23:12

It's nonsense and will have to be changed soon. It's only reasonable to ask what your sex is if it is relevant to the job and if it is relevant to the job then they need to know your real sex, not your fantasy sex.

That is not fit for purpose.

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Ihaventgottimeforthis · 21/06/2020 23:09

They obviously can't tell if people are lying or not. But it's the same for the rest of the diversity section about ethnic origin, disability, faith... it's there for data purposes. I assume.

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Angryresister · 21/06/2020 22:58

But why are those questions there at all? Especially since a man could write that he is a woman when it is perfectly clear that he isn’t ..

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