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New CEO of Edinburgh Rape Crisis

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TheFleegleHasLanded · 03/05/2021 11:00

I struggled to even come up with a title for this thread as I am so enraged I know I will get deleted and even banned if I say what I really think.

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New CEO of Edinburgh Rape Crisis
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Novelusername · 03/05/2021 11:24

This is absolutely disgusting. By employing this person, the message this service is putting out is that female victims of rape are only allowed help if they also accept that males who put a dress on are also women: their help is conditional on an acceptance of a postmodern ideological belief in gender theory. Imagine having to put up with that kind of gaslighting when you may have already been through similar abuse at the hands of the man you are fleeing from, to have to stare at that male face when recounting the abuse you have suffered and submit to their demand for 'inclusion' over your own recovery from rape. Even a rape crisis centre can't prioritise the needs of women and puts male demands first.

oldwomanwhoruns · 03/05/2021 11:21

This is beyond cruel. Those poor women.
Adding insult to injury Angry

Miasicarisatia · 03/05/2021 11:20

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BuffysBigSister · 03/05/2021 11:19

I'm not a lawyer, but if you were a female who applied for the role and didn't get it, then found out it was given to a male even though the EA2010 exemption was called out in the advert - would you have a legal case of any kind?

Helleofabore · 03/05/2021 11:16

Not ok. At all.

zzizzer · 03/05/2021 11:15

FFS, what's with all these social media posters making unnecessary conflict? They could just say "all women" and leave it at that (even if in their minds that includes men).

Meanwhile, when you emphasise certain groups, you make it clear that you don't really think they're automatically included in the default label. And while I can understand that men often get left out of the definition, how on earth are BME women usually excluded?

transsloth · 03/05/2021 11:13

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TheWeeDonkey · 03/05/2021 11:11

Inclusion for all women including trans women and BME women...... seriously?

BME women are women, we don't need a separate fucking category Angry

I0NA · 03/05/2021 11:10

It’s so inappropriate and doesn’t centre the needs of service users.

picklemewalnuts · 03/05/2021 11:10

Disgusting. It's not ok.

AbsintheFriends · 03/05/2021 11:09

First comment on that thread is enthusiastic congratulations and an endorsement of the comment about 'improving the lives of women' from a beardy 'they/them/he/him.' Says it all really.

FightingTheFoo · 03/05/2021 11:08

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FightingTheFoo · 03/05/2021 11:08

Incredible that they carve out "BME" women with trans women.

It is SO racist! It is just so fucking racist. And dehumanising.

BME women are still WOMEN you fucking muppets. They don't need to be carved out into a separate group with people who are not biological women.

SuperLoudPoppingAction · 03/05/2021 11:04

Hopefully it's ok to say that I find it so irritating and concerning (as a lesbian who doesn't want to be discriminated against on that basis) that ercc, like so many other women's sector employers, is not signed up to the Disability Confident employers' scheme.

JoyOrbison · 03/05/2021 11:01

I hear you. What a travesty.