SignMeUp Let's PULL at the cornerstones rather than chipping away at the mortar...A sanitised version of my letter, if anyone finds it useful....I wanted to nip this at the bud rather than wait 'til it's materialised into actual 'toolkits' and 'training material'...
^Subject: Equality and DIversity development - ACADEMY
Dear CEO ,
I learnt about ACADEMY’s development of their ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ strategy and toolkit through a survey that was shared on our intranet within the large engineering company (XX k+ employees worldwide) that I work for.
It is fantastic to see such commitment to Equality and Diversity from the ACADEMY as an esteemed far reaching national institute passionate in promoting STEM. Precisely because of the position it holds in STEM, it is important to get this right. When I did a quick browse and search through the ACADEMY website, I was horrified to find the conflation of ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ (see Diversity Monitoring Form), gender, gender everywhere and no mention of ‘sex’ , the concept and language of which is fundamental to eliminate sex discrimination and homophobia - key aims of diversity and the Equality Act 2010. A quick search of the ACADEMY website for ‘Stonewall’ showed their involvement so far, and I was not at all surprised.
I have serious concerns regarding Stonewall’s involvement in ACADEMY’s D&I policy. I speak as a member of two Protected Characteristic groups (sex and race), a female minority within a male dominated engineering industry, a parent and a an Ally to the LBG group (to use the language of ‘allies’). If you are not aware already, Stonewall has been over taken by the insidiously dangerous Trans Ideology which is misogynistic and homophobic, through the conflation of sex and gender, and incoherent language, concepts and vocabulary. I would say they are wolf in sheep’s clothing, they are meant to be a charity, but corporate Diversity training and consulting is obviously very lucrative. Stonewall is now basically a lobby group with a Trans agenda, in the guise of ‘Inclusion’ (which is a toxic narrative in itself) and ‘tolerance’. They are actually giving misguidance as advice – ‘sex’ not ‘gender’ is a Protected Characteristic under Equality Act 2010, by conflating the two they are erasing ‘women’, and discrimination based on biological sex, as a concept through language.
Stonewall’s mantra is Transwoman is Woman. And Transwoman can be any man who claims (i.e. self-id) he is a woman, and insists on being called a ‘she’ etc..
The grave concern is that the recording of male/female balance will be meaningless, to the detriment of women, if you record statistics by ‘gender’ rather than ‘sex’. Gender is nonsensical, it means nothing because it can mean anything. It is not properly defined and is not based on reality but all about ‘inner feelings’, social constructs, how you express yourself, how you perform to sex stereotypes and gender expectations.
This is a big topic and I understand that there would be much confusion and cognitive dissonance when ACADEMY starts looking into Stonewall and the toxic trans narrative. However, as a minority engineer who cares deeply about the Profession, I ask that ACADEMY apply their critical thinking, not be swept along by fashions, not be side tracked by thought terminating clichés, and do a proper Risk Assessment on using Stonewall for such an initiative.
Practical suggestions for starters:
• Separate sex and gender on the Candidate Diversity Monitoring Form. It should read ‘Sex : male/female’, ‘Gender’ just leave as free text.
• Replace ‘Gender’ with ‘Sex’ throughout website, or at least don’t miss ‘sex’ out and add it in. This is a key Protected Characteristics of Equality Act 2010. I understand that ACADEMY might think that gender is a euphemism for sex, but it is damaging to not use the correct language. We want to address the male/female imbalance in the industry.
• Use ‘Equality and Diversity’ instead of ‘Diversity and Inclusion’. ‘Inclusion’ is a toxic narrative – inclusion vs intrusion/colonisation/erasure, of woman’s boundaries/rights and spaces, are the flip sides of the same coin. Look at Dr Rachel Mackinnon in Canada – a transwoman who won a woman’s cycling race and claims that lesbians are transphobic for not wanting to have sex with transwoman (i.e. man). Look at Karen White in the UK women’s prison. I only wish I was joking, but I’m not.
• I strongly recommend that ACADEMY don’t use Stonewall, or at least have some gender critical feminists on board to provide counterbalance.
Here are some links. These people can put it better than I ever could.
This is a thread ABOUT ACADEMY on Mumsnet
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/
This is what’s happening in the police force
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3423318-Male-police-officers-can-intimately-search-women-New-guidance
This is the damage the brainwashing is doing to children in schools
Kathleen Stock – Clarity on the issue
Dr Jane Clare Jones
janeclarejones.com/2018/11/13/the-annals-of-the-terf-wars/
Lastly, I wish the Profession well. And I wish that the madness stops here, now, at the ACADEMY (it seems too late for the police already). I hope that my letter has made a difference to help making this madness stop.
Best regards
GisAP^