Hospital refusing demeaning fancy dress donation

+1 to the "why is it funny?"

Because whether you understand it consciously or not, men dressing as women is funny because it's them lowering themselves to the status of silly, frivolous, slutty women. And that's funny because men are important and serious! But women have silly funny boobs and hair and cake themselves in makeup! And are ridiculous! And nurses are slutty! hahahahaha!

We don't live in the 80s any more, thank goodness, and carry on jokes about what's under nurse's uniforms aren't clever or funny and need to go the same way as all other Benny Hill stereotypes like that. The trust were right.

Well, based on the picture, the trust is probably seriously unhappy about breaches in uniform policy. Those skirt lengths would definitely lead to the sister in charge having words. Hair/wigs that long need to be tied back, classically in a manner involving it not touching the collar. The footwear is not, by any stretch of the imagination, the usual plain black shoe. Visible underwear on display might be considered unprofessional. Oh, and it's generations since those hats would have been worn...and when they were, they were expected to be much neater, and better secured than that.

Scruffy bunch.

Why is it funny? I don't get it. What is so 'funny' about men dressing as women?

It isn't.

The trust had already asked them not to do it, if they accepted the money they'd have to accept it to continue

The fact the trust gave them prior notice is the clincher. They could have used superhero costumes or animal costumes or a pantomime horse or zombies, all of which would still have been dressing up and personally I think would have been funnier.

Sorry I disagree if an ill person can benefit from money raised in good faith then they should accept it.

A slutty nurse uniform donated to a hospital in good faith. Yeah it is.

Nurses and WPC's have been complaining about things like this (and strippers) for decades.

Why is it funny? I don't get it. What is so 'funny' about men dressing as women?

this takes the cake - political correctness/professionally offended outranks a cash donation for vital medical equipment

These blokes thought that them dressing in nurse dresses would give people a laugh and get them to donate. They were right. nothing at all to dowith demeaning nurses. The person refusing the donation is reading all sorts of rubbish into this scenario that just isn't there.

My local hospital gets money from people dressing up all the time, it's a common way to raise money. As for comparing this to blacking up, again this is just made up nonsense. These people did a funny thing to raise money. That's all. Complete over thinking and over analysing and making up rubbish to suggest otherwise.

Agree with fresh princess.

The trust had already asked them not to do it, if they accepted the money they'd have to accept it to continue

It's disrespectful to nurses. Why did they all run round dressed as 'slutty nurses'. Nurses work bloody hard and don't get the respect they deserve. It's patronising and sexist.

The best way I can describe it is that it feels like the start of the idea that men dressing up as a women for comic effect is a bit like 'blacking up' or am I reading too much in to it?

I'm going to be pessimistic and assume that they're just worried about offending the transwacktivists, who believe that dressing up as women, i.e. womanface, should only be allowed to males who claim to have feminine genderfeelz.

I'm reading that the objection is over the sexualising of nurses and insults them as healthcare professionals. The whole Carry On chasing the nurse round the ward thing.

Not that they object because its men dressed as women as such.

Sorry I disagree if an ill person can benefit from money raised in good faith then they should accept it. What about tarts and vicars parties ? Do you see Vicars protesting that they should be banned ?