Porn Sunday

What do you do for a job ?

You seem to attempt to write off genuine concerns about privacy by traducing anyone (or everyone?) who challenges this invasive questioning as 'Daily Mail readers'.

Old technique, much used, easily seen through.

I'm an equality manager for a London borough council. You're right that I do need to clarify my position - in the context of my job, it's my responsibility to use information on the borough's population to identify customer needs and adjust services to suit.

The problem I have though, is reconciling this with the fact that this information can also be used irresponsibly. I have explored this a little in the thread in the private section.

I honestly don't label people as Daily Mail readers by simple virtue of the fact they question why we collect information on their backgrounds or their needs, but where I work, they happen to be just that. I appreciate that it's my responsibility therefore to improve accountability and to get the message out about why we ask for that information, but 90% of the time, you do get this sneering 'why do you want to know what I get up to in the bedroom?' question. Do they actually think I give a fuck whether they get their jollies from whips and chains or fluffy handcuffs?

I probably responded to what you said too strongly, but it does annoy me when people seem to think that homosexuality is concerned solely with who you shag.