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I've got my paper census - remind me what I do?

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WookeyHole · 10/03/2021 22:32

Having read a thread on here about how to register a protest without upsetting the quality of data collected, I ordered a paper census and now can't find the thread Blush.

Please can someone remind what I was supposed to do? Or should I hang in until after the judicial review anyway? Sorry, I'm struggling to keep up on this one.

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Hadalifeonce · 11/03/2021 09:45

I was considering using the religion question to include Feminist.

If Jedi counts.........

DropDTuning · 11/03/2021 09:42

I believe the consensus was not to answer the gender identity question. Answering it immediately implies accepting their terms.

bourbonne · 11/03/2021 09:40

Apologies if I've missed something, but has it been suggested that we all give an identical protest answer? Like when thousands of people put Jedi as their religion?

JanewaysBun · 11/03/2021 09:10

Yes good point. I think I'll leave that box unticked

TheRabbitOfCaerbannog · 11/03/2021 09:08

Blatant place mark!

ChelseaCat · 11/03/2021 09:05

@JanewaysBun

I was unsure whether to write "gender is misogyny" (my main thought) but also tick the "female" gender box as I want to make sure I'm counted for service provision?
Wouldn’t service provision be based on anatomical sex though? Smears, breast screening etc
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WookeyHole · 11/03/2021 08:58

Given their recent track record anything, including the obviously stupid is possible, but I would have thought it wouldn't be a good idea to use an optional question for mass service provision?

So using the sex question, with a review of the gender data for specific provisions would make most sense? Depends at what level they share the gender responses? Would they release complete data or aggregates?

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JanewaysBun · 11/03/2021 08:51

I was unsure whether to write "gender is misogyny" (my main thought) but also tick the "female" gender box as I want to make sure I'm counted for service provision?

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WookeyHole · 11/03/2021 08:48

Yes, I'd had the same thoughts on headline data and also people looking in future. I'm going to leave it blank and will have to explain to DH why he has to leave his blank too Grin

Unfortunately I don't think the vast majority of the population understand the constructed difference between sex and gender, so will answer them to be the same rather than leave blank. I certainly would have done that a couple of years ago without giving it a second thought.

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bourbonne · 11/03/2021 08:41

*Riddell (autocorrect)

bourbonne · 11/03/2021 08:38

Good point. I was imagining my distinguished great-great-grandaughter going on Who Do You Think You Are in a hundred years time, and having my census return gently placed before her by a futuristic robot version of Dr Fern Russell, who would explain that I was one of those women.

Aha85 · 11/03/2021 08:35

I've been thinking about writing something like "Gender is mysogyny" in the box as to how you identify, but I think it might backfire as I suppose there will be a certain amount of taking the headline figure of how many people say they identify as something other than their sex, ignoring what was written.

So I think I'm going to leave that question unanswered. I understand it's optional.

bourbonne · 11/03/2021 08:27

If I may piggyback... What happens if I do the online version and put "sexist question" under gender identity?

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WookeyHole · 10/03/2021 22:41

That was it, thank you!

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Thelnebriati · 10/03/2021 22:35

Details are here;
sexinthecensus.org/on-census-night/

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