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Our article on gender self-ID and policy capture in Scottish public policy

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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie · 31/07/2019 16:35

We wanted to bring your attention to an article in the academic journal Scottish Affairs, which has been published today. It’s about gender self-identification, Scottish public policymaking and policy capture, a topic we’ve seen debated in FWR on more than one occasion!

We’re delighted to say the article is published on an open access basis, so you can all read the full text and share it as you see fit on social media and elsewhere.

www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/scot.2019.0284

We think Mumsnet is an important resource for women and we have definitely benefitted from following debates on here.

Like so many women involved in this debate, we have been doing this work in our own time on an unpaid basis, squeezed around work, childcare and other responsibilities. We do this work because we care very much about women's rights and we are pleased to be able to bring our skills to bear in analysing policy and practice.

You can read more about the work we’ve done to date on our blog. We welcome all feedback, so please do drop us a line via our contact form.

www.mbmpolicy.wordpress.com

Thank you!

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EweSurname · 02/08/2019 08:35

I’m not sure if there’s a thread for this already but just in case there’s not, there’s a Scottish consultation that includes what the definition of woman should be that closes on Sunday:

www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-government-consultation-implementation-gender-representation-public-boards-scotland-act-2018/pages/7/

LoveGrowsWhere · 02/08/2019 08:26

To read later.

howonearthdidwegethere · 02/08/2019 08:18

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Alislia17 · 02/08/2019 03:15

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OccasionalKite · 02/08/2019 01:51

I'm currently about halfway through!

It's a bloody good read:
www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/scot.2019.0284

wacademia · 02/08/2019 01:44

attempts to bump it down by derailing other threads is ongoing

Oh, that's what that's been all about.

Bookmarking for later reading.

EndLegalFiction · 01/08/2019 23:29

Thank you

JessicaWakefieldSV · 01/08/2019 22:47

Giving this important thread a bump in the hope more users see it!

MurrayBlackburnMackenzie · 01/08/2019 18:30

Thank you for the kind comments above.

In answer to a question upthread, Scottish Affairs is indeed a peer-reviewed journal. We owe a debt of gratitude to the journal for publishing the paper and we are grateful to the support we've had from the journal editor.

We hope to continue to research and write about this issue (albeit it would be nice to be remunerated for this work one of these days!).

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Sexnotgender · 01/08/2019 18:25

Bump.

MouseandCat · 01/08/2019 13:59

this is brilliant

nonsenceagain · 01/08/2019 10:21

Great article. Thank you. ✊🏼

S1naidSucks · 01/08/2019 09:50

And thank you all for this brilliant article, MurrayBlackburnMackenzie. 💐

S1naidSucks · 01/08/2019 09:49

You’re incredibly brave, Juells and I mean that seriously. Well done and I hope people actually read it before they start screaming abuse.

Cascade220 · 01/08/2019 09:47

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ArnoldWhatshisknickers · 01/08/2019 09:25

Thank you for this thorough and detailed piece.

I was one of the few Scottish women who did hear about the original consultation, but only a week before the deadline so my response was not as well thought through, detailed and referenced as I would have liked (I did better with the Westminster version).

Your work will help me and others respond more completely when the consultation is reopened.

ZebrasAreBras · 01/08/2019 09:18

Placemarking. Thanks for posting.

Sexnotgender · 01/08/2019 09:09

I’ll read this later once baby is sleeping.

littlbrowndog · 01/08/2019 09:07

Bump

JessicaWakefieldSV · 01/08/2019 09:05

Thanks for the bump, we’ll need to keep it up as attempts to bump it down by derailing other threads is ongoing

WrathofSWhittIeKlop · 01/08/2019 08:19

Morning bump

WrathofSWhittIeKlop · 31/07/2019 22:54

A woman's gotta placemark

SonicVersusGynaephobia · 31/07/2019 22:53

Placemarking to read tomorrow.

WrathofSWhittIeKlop · 31/07/2019 22:30

This is now a significant challenge for the Scottish Government, which needs to find a way to allow for open debate

The lobby groups have been ruthless in their demands.
I really hope 'no debate' will be consigned to the history books.

FWRLurker · 31/07/2019 21:52

Curious if it’s peer reviewed and if so, how you got it past the TWAW crew

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