UK reviews sex and gender questions in research

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Reader's comments (1)

#1 Submitted by m.... on October 4, 2023 - 6:16pm

It's simple. Anyone asking me about my gender or ethnicity unless there is a clear and valid reason for it will get a short and sharp answer of the negative persuasion. Most of the time it is completely irrelevant. I've even removed this information from my employee records. Even the census... I put 'other' for ethnicity and wrote in 'human being'.

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