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occupational health questionaire asking about my sex life? does this mean traditional values no longer exist?

So i filled out this questionnaire at occupational health, and one of the questions asked if my injury (plantar fasilitis, foot problems) had affected my sex life. so they assume i have one? Am i the only person now who still believes sex should be left until marriage? what do people think? it is a general questionnaire, they hand it to everyone who goes to see them. i've asked people at work, and they had the same one.

Public Comments

1. ideally, id like and prefer to leave sex until marriage.
2. I agree but, I think that we are in the minority..
3. Is the question a general questionnaire? If it is they do hand them out to people who are married too and it is not for them to pass a judgment on you anyways.
4. They have to ask this in case you'll need any medical help with a problem regarding that. It's just a blanket form. Years ago my husband was run over by a car on the beach. He had to answer all kinds of questions so that he couldn't go back later (after he was married) and sue them for some sexual dysfunction.
5. Don't take offence- they probably asked that question in case you claim compensation or retire through ill health caused by the condition. They would need to know the extent of how it effects you in all aspects of your life . And sex is an aspect of most people's lives !
6. since it's a general questionnaire, they'll hand it to you wheter you are married or not. You can always leave the part unfilled or put N/A next to it. Can't see the problem.
7. Feet are needed in a few positions whether male or female and if you are making a claim over your foot problems then anything you could do before but you cant do now has to be accounted for in the claim . Even if you have never had sex if the problem can cause difficulty when you want to then it is a valid input into any claim.
8. It was a general questionnaire, that means everyone gets it, married or not. It is naive to assume that just because someone is single, that they don't have sex, and irresponsible for a medical professional to believe that. The doctor needs to know everything about your health to treat you effectively, and he can't assume that just because you are single that you don't have sex. The doctor's office is a place of facts, not morality and emotion. And while you may not believe that sex should be reserved only for the married, I would think you are in the minority. I have found that people who have this opinion are usually young (under 25) unmarried people and married people who have this opinion. The young ones self-righteously believe they are more virtous than others, and well, the married ones are doing it, so why do they care about anyone else? There are many divorced people, and face it, someone who has been married before and has experienced sex, and enjoyed it, is not likely to give it up for the sake of some outdated more. It's not realistic. Sex is a basic human instinct. As for "traditional," lots of things that were once "traditional" have been discredited. I believe that an unmarried monogamous couple having sex is more "moral" than a married couple where one of them has decided for whatever reason that they don't want sex anymore, leaving the other one out in the cold. It's like a preacher I once had said..... If you don't take care of your partner's needs, then you are at least partially to blame if they seek attention elsewhere. One more, what my old mother has always said... "If you don't give it to him, he will find someone else who will." (though that works for women too.)
9. I would be inclined to answer NOYB ( non of your business) There are far too many nosy irrelevant questions being asked without any good reason , and these are just invasions of your privacy! If this is for a job I would think twice about whether I wanted to work for such a Company!
10. Other posters are right. It's a "blanket" question. There were probably questions about whether your injury affected other functions such as walking, driving, eating, etc. The occupational health caregivers simply want to make sure you return to "normal" functioning after your injury is treated. If you don't have a sex life, simply put "NA" for "not applicable" on the questionnaire. If the question were about whether your injury affects your ability to drive and you're too young to drive, you would also put "NA" on the questionnaire. Again, the occupational health caregivers want to treat the "whole" person, not just the injury, and they want you to return to "normal" function after the treatment.
11. i believe that to because you have a higher chance of getting HIV because people get it at a younger age which you can possibly get crabs and spread it to people