posted by
pmsumner at 09:00pm on 16/09/2004
On Northamptonshire County Council's application form, there is a question in the equal opportunities monitoring section which asks:
I don't like this question in the slightest. I'm not bothered by someone else knowing what sexuality I may be, but I don't understand what relevance it has to anything. At least monitoring ethnic origins has a kind of purpose (not that I agree with it in most situations), but it has a useful thing.
I'm puzzled.
I would describe my sexuality as: Heterosexual/Lesbian/Gay/Bi-sexual
I don't like this question in the slightest. I'm not bothered by someone else knowing what sexuality I may be, but I don't understand what relevance it has to anything. At least monitoring ethnic origins has a kind of purpose (not that I agree with it in most situations), but it has a useful thing.
I'm puzzled.
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