Job ad for CSA counsellor - must Self ID as a Woman

The reason I suggested complaining to the funding bodies and the local council was to make sure that those organisations cant hide behind a facade of deniability. In other words, they were told there was a breach and they then chose to ignore the reports. It should make them more accountable in the future. Hoping so anyway!

This is ABUSE. Pure and simple. Expecting child who has suffered child sexual abuse to pretend that they can't recognise their counsellor is man not a woman is ABUSE.

I am a survivor of CSA. This would have tipped me over the edge.. It's just fucking EVIL.

I'm so angry. Those poor children.

It is shocking. It's all so cleverly managed and so difficult to counter.

This situation is obviously becoming more common, so let's look at the basics.
Who is more likely to be the abuser, particularly sexually or physically violent, of young children under the age of 13?
That would be - men.
What would the likely reaction of a young and vulnerable child, who was placed under the care of a male bodied person, when they had been abused by a male?
I think this is a totally shocking situation, moreso because I believe it has been deliberately manufacted by very disingenuous people.

I'm pretty sure this can't be legal. It makes no sense. You can't use the exemptions under the EA to allow for only females then allow some males to apply. That would be discriminating against other males with no good reason. If you want to be 'inclusive' in this way you surely can't exclude as well.

My young children seem at ease with separating identity and biology. I wonder how it's plays out when the idea is introduced so early (school, not home). I wonder how deep it goes.

So they want to take child sex abuse victims at their lowest times and make them very responsible for validating an adults identity?

Fucks sake. These children need someone they can trust not someone whose lying to them and abusing their trust yet again.

The applicant could, of course, just lie. (It's something that cannot be proven.)

Don't the "stonewall rules" say that you have to believe someone who says "I am a woman"...?

What really puzzles me is why is it only women who have to put up with this "self-identifying" thing?

If white people were suddenly to start saying they "identify" as black and therefore understand all about racism and the issues black people face there would (rightly) be an outcry? Same if people without disabilities were to claim they personally experienced the discriminations faced by disabled people.

So why and when has it been decided that women have to be OK with this? And why do a fair number of women accept it?

Again - what does identifying as a women actually mean? I don’t identify as one, I am one. Does that mean I can’t apply?

Anyone who ‘identifies as a women’ but is not one, and applies for this job, by definition negates their suitability for the job.

Why don’t these organisations actually give a shit about women and children???!!!

Karen White's application is in the post ...

Yes, I think it's OK to ask for lesbians only if there's a good reason for it, though I am not a lawyer so best not take my word for it.

I would love to know what would happen if a man self-identifying as a lesbian applied.

But to actually support people who have been abused, organisations can’t just decide to be wilfully ‘blind’ to sex? Talking about the reality of sex, gender, power and socialisation will surely be a huge factor in the process of recovering from abuse- whatever the ‘gender identity’ of the abuser is?

How far are such organisations willing to take their denial of sexed reality? would they force people to use validating pronouns to ‘respect’ their abuser’s gender identity (if that varied from sex)? In what language would they expect them to describe body parts in that discussion? Can they not see the potential for causing further damage from gaslighting and encouraging cognitive dissonance?

My understanding is that this is illegal. You are allowed to use the exemptions under the Equality Act to specify that a post is only open to female applicants. You are not allowed to use them to specify that a post is only open to female applicants and trans women. This is the basis on which Jennifer James has mounted a legal challenge to Labour's women-only shortlists.

Just imagine being a child victim of sexual abuse. You are traumatised and probably in a place of deep mistrust. You're invited to a counselling session whereupon you encounter a biological male identifying as a woman.

I don’t “self identify” as a woman. I don’t identify with a gender at all, because it’s a social construct. If pressed I would say I am gender free as I don’t conform to the social perception of either sex...

I am female though as determined by biological definitions.

Does that mean I am excluded from the role?

Another one for Baroness Nicholson? With her child protection interests I imagined it'd catch her attention...

Would a traumatised child / young person need someone empathetic, non judgmental, supportive, able to listen and support, beyond any thing else ?

An abused child has had their boundaries violated in the ugliest way. They deserve support from counsellors who embody integrity and trustworthiness, not men who 'self-identify' as women

That's how I understand it but its effect is to encourage self-ID and trans women and discourage biological women. Remind me never to move to Brighton.

sorry - a woman

I understand it as anyone who identifies as a women whatever the biology.

How can they claim to want female only applicants then say they would particularly welcome applications from T women, who are male, and even with a GRC would legally be excluded due to their biology.

Ova I dont think this ad is in any way about getting trans women into posts. If it was they wouldn't refer to the EA.

It is worse than that. They literally cant bear to be seen recognising that women are biological females.

Funders who want groups to accept trans women for post will insist that the advertising makes that clear. They want the full woke acreditation for doing this.

This is about the mind games of trans activist bullying. Knowing that you mean and want women (biological females) but are too intimidated, brain washed to say it.