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October 29, 2008

POLL: Are You Being Counted?

Following up on the "Reverse Bradley" post, I'm curious to find out if other women have been snubbed by pollsters. If you are interested in participating, please answer the following questions in a comment to this post. All responses will be counted, unless they are mean or pointless.

  1. What poll called you? Was it an actual news poll (Reuters, Gallup, etc.) or was it some jerk's rant disguised as a poll (aka. a 'Push Poll').
  2. Did the pollster ask you for your gender, implicitly or otherwise? For example, did they ask to, "speak with the man of the house"?
  3. If the pollster believed you were female, what questions were you asked? Did they ask to speak with anyone else in the household? Who?
  4. If the pollster believed you were male, what questions were you asked? Did they ask to speak with anyone else in the household? Who?

    BONUS QUESTIONS:
  5. Did the pollster ask if your household was a nuclear family? If you do not live in a spousewith2.5kidsanddog household, did the pollster still want to talk to you?
  6. Did the pollster have to face the fact that you don't fit into the Patriarchal gender binary? Was the pollster forced to hang up due to a brain hemorrhage? Or were you eventually pigeonholed?
  7. If you have a hyphenated last name, did you have to repeat it to the pollster? If so, how many times?


Copyright June 2008 by F*ck M*sculinity
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1 comment:

  1. I think about four organizations called to poll me on the general election, Proposition 8 (in California -- lesbian/gay marriage), and some environmental propositions.

    All the interviwers seemed professional, although one poll was a biased religious right fake poll -- when I asked about this, the interviewer in an embarrassed voice admitted that I was right.

    Since I live in a lesbian household, neither my partner nor I had much trouble with anyone who called. My partner's first name is very unusual, and they always screw it up, but I think it has more to do with the name itself.

    Nodboy asked for "the man of the house" just for the voters in the house.

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