In China, Call to End to Physicals for Government Applicants HONG KONG - The Beijing Yirenping Center, a civil rights group, called on Monday for an end to physical examinations that the government administers to applicants for civil service posts to determine whether they have sexually transmitted diseases. A copy of the examination manual shows that the exam is particularly invasive and extensive for women. The instructions to doctors given in the manual are more than three times as long for examining women as for examining men. Women applicants are also asked for detailed information about their menstrual cycle. Lu Jun, a board member of the civil rights group, said that at a minimum, the tests should be made less invasive and less complex for women, and fewer questions should be asked of them.