..To be mortified at the treatment of rape victims at the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre?

My understanding is that the board was very young, inexperienced and mostly put in place by Wadhwa himself. There was also a lot of churn. I'm not sure what would be appropriate here.

Mridul Wadwha must be sacked now. He's a disgrace. Who were the directors of ERCC and Scottish Rape Crisis at the time who allowed this abuse to carry on? They must all be held accountable, not just him.

I'm sure there will be men along soon to tell us how we are living as women incorrectly.

Alongside male apologists like yourself who are doing the work of the patriarchy and not allowing women to have their say on issues that affect them without making sure that no one forgets about the poor men, not even for a minute.

I'd let men have those sort of jobs, providing they have their bits chopped off first.

I'm kind-hearted really, I'd let them have an anaesthetic.

Wadhwa peaked me, so this one's close to my heart.

Not an ounce of empathy for women like Sarah!

Astonishing.

I'm not really comfortable with referring to a trans woman, who has lived as a woman for many many years, as a man.

Could you explain how he's lived as a woman for many years? Has he had to cope with periods? Leaking pads? Hormal contraceptives? Internal ones? Morning after pill? Pregnancy, birth, or termination? Earning 20% less than male counterparts? Sexually harassed while walking down the street? Been spoken over and had his needs ignored? Been given the task of serving the coffee despite being more senior than all the men in the room? Driven a car that has never been tested for their safety? Taken medicine that has never been tested for their safety? I could go on.

So how exactly has he been living as a women? Millions of women would really like to know.

This has just been reported on the BBC1 news at 6.

Anyway. Is Wadhwa still in a job do we know?

Stop!!! Just stop!!!!!

This is about women!!!!!!!

Why do you have to come on and make it a male issue??????

I can post where I like. As I said women’s rights appear on every other thread.

No one has said men don’t deserve rape care. It’s a different issue. Start your own thread rather than distracting from a very real issue for women.

For RAPE

Which is overwhelmingly a woman's problem. Absolutely disgusting.

I posted too soon.

So please come back when women have achieved equality. The way men who identify as women has run roughshod on women’s single sex services means there is no equality for women. This has zero to do with male rape victims. Where’s your empathy for women like Sarah?

Not common in our area. There is one rape centre. Men get raped too and are just as deserving of treatment.

It’s not equal though is it?

Have you seen what happened to Sarah Summers. 3 options there for the male but not one option for a woman who needed single sex care.

The amount of threads that women’s rights appear on and “derail” is massive. But that’s ok. Equal rights for rape support provision is pertinent to any conversation on the subject.

This. My husband works as a business advisor to our local Rape Crisis charity. He has never set foot on the premises . He meets the managers ( all female) off site. It would never occur to him to go to the centre. Hes a man. He has never experienced things that women are rightly fearful of in person... because he's a man. But he absolutely knows that he has no place there. Why can't transwomen summon up even the tiniest bit of empathy and understand that women who have been raped don't want to be anywhere near anyone who is quite clearly biologically male.

It's an awful experience for anyone but this poster apparently assumes that as soon as it happens to a man the thread has to derail.

I was raped twice and never received help even after going to the hospital immediately after. I spent a long time as a peer support worker for women who have gone through the same thing. I definitely wouldn't have been able to have a male support worker or support group.

I didn't mean Women's Aid, I meant Rape Crisis.

Amen to this

I wasn't aware the poster was in Scotland.

I am so, so glad this day has finally come, but so beyond incandescent that women who were suffering have been further damaged. I hope they finally sack MW, good luck reframing your trauma, you prick.

You're too outraged, angry, upset, struggling to start a campaign or a even a post about your son has been treated.

But not too outraged, angry or upset to hijack a thread that affects women and attempt to make it about your son?