Is it wrong to lie about your sexuality on surveys/questionnaires?

No.

 

The surveys are more for stats. It's fine.

 

I don't lie about it. If I really didn't want people to know, I just omit it or "I don't wish to give out ____".

 

Not really l assume most people did, that's why I told straight people they aren't accurate

 

no

 

It depends on how you feel about lying. In some cases it can save you but, some cases it's ok. Will the information be made public? Are you afraid it will be made public?

 

I don't think it would have any massive effects. Personally, I've never had one handed to me that included a question about my sexuality. But then again, maybe I'm not old enough.

 

I guess I'll go out on a limb and say that failing any explanation as to why one would do so that it is wrong. I think lying is wrong--like many things that are wrong there can be a variety of good reasons to do it anyway, but failing an exploration of what those reasons are I would say that for me it would be wrong to lie in this situation. If I didn't wish to say I would not answer rather than intentionally answering incorrectly.

 

Not at all.

Surveys and questionnaires shouldn't even be asking a question like that because it's often a pretty irrelevant one.

 

What kind of survey is it and for what purpose? My LGBT center take an informal semi-anonymous count on a tick sheet that is passed around the room during our discussion group to help funding. Most of the guys there are gay, and I'm normally the only bi guy there and one of the few from my county. I will represent who I am proudly.

Now, if we are talking about a job or government survey, heck no.

 

Define "wrong".

 

I was once filling out an application for a weekend job that asked that question and as soon as I saw it I binned it and didn't bother applying. It had questions about religion and ethnicity on there too. Apparently they do it in order to prevent discrimination (that's what my dad said at the time) but it's probably more so to increase diversity in the job. "These people are equally qualified but we don't have enough gay black Muslims at this company" kind of thing, because if a company employs all straight white people, even if those were the ones that were best qualified for the job they're doing, that company would be seen as discriminatory.

In any case no, I don't think it's a bad thing to lie I have done before now. I don't think that sexuality is relevant at all when applying for a job or anything of that kind where a survey or questionnaire is used and I wouldn't want to run the risk of opening myself up to any unnecessary discrimination because of it.
Even if not for a job application or anything like that no I don't think it's a bad thing to lie, especially if you're not ready to be honest about it at all.

 

What business is it of theirs to know your sexuality? How many jobs is it applicable? .001%? Maybe an escort service(legal prostitution maybe?) Otherwise, get out of my life. Man, intrusive...

 

Wrong as in incorrect, yes.

I only tell the truth if it'll contribute to the answer of the survey/questionnaire.

 

No. This would be something that would directly compromise your privacy. While I tend to think people are better off outside the closet, you should come out in your own time, rather than worrying about whether you're morally obligated to reveal every piece of information about yourself to whoever asks. Don't worry about it. People don't have an inalienable right to know everything about you.

 

i would say dont vote in the poll. you are screwing up the poll by lying. why would ya do that? doesnt seem logical.

 

This is one way to look at it.

I think that, if it's marketing oriented, it's at your discretion to lie or decline to answer. Declining to answer is better.

I think that, if it's medical or public health research oriented, and being funded, and preferably anonymous, it's better to be truthful. Also, these surveys use terms like MSM instead of sexual identity labels we use on here, such as LGBT and others.

 

Well, it's lying, isn't it? So how wrong it is depends on how you feel about that.

It may be wrong for them to ask...so how do you feel about two wrongs making a right?

Sometimes humans are put in a position where there *is* no right thing to do, and you have to choose between two wrongs.

Finally, frequently, those EEO checkmarks are there to *make sure* the organization *isn't* discriminating against LGBT people. To do that, they have to know how many applicants there are, how many of those are LGBT, and how many LGBT people they're interviewing/hiring/admitting/whatever. The fewer LGBT applicants they have the fewer they can hire without looking like they're discriminating. So I always check this box and damn the consequences...I wouldn't want to work for a place that would disqualify me based on that checkmark anyway.