‘Believers in Biology’: A Co-ordinated Effort to Disrupt the 2022 Census

IF 0.5 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Scottish Affairs Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI:10.3366/scot.2023.0440

Sarah Pedersen

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Abstract

This article investigates the attempt by some gender-critical Scots, led by organisations such as For Women Scotland, to disrupt the administration of the 2022 census in Scotland. They used their census returns to register a protest around guidance relating to the Sex question and around the wider issue of the Scottish Government’s plans to reform the Gender Recognition Act. Protestors used social media to share images of their protest on the census forms over the whole census period, meaning that potential protesters were more likely to choose to protest because they saw a growing number of others sharing what they had done. It is suggested that this protest has contributed, and will continue to contribute, to costs relating to the administration of the census and the processing of census data, including the production and administration of paper census forms; the extension of the deadline for completion of the census; and the ability to use machines to read and process the data. Their action was linked by many protesters to the actions of the suffragettes in relation to the 1911 census, with the expectation that their protests would be visible in 100 years’ time. However, data-protection policies mean many of their actions will not be recorded.

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“生物学信徒”：破坏2022年人口普查的协调努力

这篇文章调查了一些对性别持批评态度的苏格兰人试图破坏苏格兰2022年人口普查的管理，这些人由苏格兰妇女组织等组织领导。他们利用人口普查申报表，就与性别问题有关的指导意见以及苏格兰政府改革《性别承认法》的计划这一更广泛的问题进行了抗议。在整个人口普查期间，抗议者使用社交媒体在人口普查表上分享他们的抗议图像，这意味着潜在的抗议者更有可能选择抗议，因为他们看到越来越多的其他人分享他们的所作所为。有人认为，这次抗议活动已经并将继续造成与人口普查管理和人口普查数据处理有关的费用，包括制作和管理纸质人口普查表；延长完成人口普查的最后期限；以及使用机器读取和处理数据的能力。许多抗议者将他们的行动与女权运动者在1911年人口普查中的行动联系在一起，希望他们的抗议活动在100年后能够出现。然而，数据保护策略意味着他们的许多操作将不会被记录。

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Scottish Affairs POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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