Not strictly AIBU, but am interested in what people think is reasonable....
I am applying for a job and the equal opportunities monitoring form asks for my ethnicity, disability, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status and number of dependants. The last four have an option of 'prefer not to say', which I have ticked as I can't for the life of me imagine why they are relevant. I do get that an employer has to make sure its adverts are seen by a proportional cross-section of the population and can see how this applies to ethnicity and disability - but why do they want to monitor how many atheists/co-habiters/mums/lesbians are applying for their jobs?! Am I being and old curmdugeon by ticking the 'none of your fecking business' box or is there a good reason to answer these?