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"Break the Bias"

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HoliHormonalTigerlilly · 07/03/2022 20:12

Why is the International WOMEN'S Day campaign using gender to describe sex?

https://www.internationalwomensday.com

And what kind of a tagline is that?!

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KittenKong · 08/03/2022 16:39

Oh apparently we can’t tell the difference between the sexes - prof cowered of Edinburgh university… so we should just ‘not look’ (and get over ourselves).

Radio 4 - you’ve sh** the bed again.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 08/03/2022 16:38

@IcakethereforeIam

I thought it was just me! I'm so easily triggered nowadays.
I turned off the radio earlier, I was twitching all over the place as it kept being repeated.
KittenKong · 08/03/2022 16:38

This one is just lying outright. Argh.

KittenKong · 08/03/2022 16:36

I give up. It’s a bloody love in - on IWD. Where’s the complaints form…

KittenKong · 08/03/2022 16:31

This is so one sided… such a biased pro reform. False declaration an offence - how can the prove it?

CantStandMeCow · 08/03/2022 16:28

Slight tangent but I’ve seen loads of women doing the X symbol - doesn’t that mean we’re defining women by biology? (XX chromosome). I had to laugh at the people who were doing it in support of transwomen.

KittenKong · 08/03/2022 16:26

Sorry - government funded trans group?

KittenKong · 08/03/2022 16:24

My blood pressure is going up already!

KittenKong · 08/03/2022 16:24

Stuff on R4 now - Scotland fast now!

Olderbadger1 · 08/03/2022 15:05

Suggest everyone invites their company to publicise the 'gender' pay gap - or do it for them via this helpful Twitter account. And then ask what exactly they will do to break that particular bias.
twitter.com/paygapapp/status/1501125344757231616?s=21

MNadactyl · 08/03/2022 15:00

Grin @lapasion don't think so but sounds eerily similar - do D&E&I people get some kind of secret induction? So many of the day's torments listed here echo each other!

BobbinThreadbare123 · 08/03/2022 14:58

I called into my company's IWD effort this morning. After hearing that they wanted to increase gender diversity several times, followed exhortations to do this ridiculous pose thing, I rang off. Putting it on my LinkedIn will help me too, apparently! Load of bollocks.

lapasion · 08/03/2022 14:44

@MNadactyl

I think I've seen some such bollocks at work too. I will be boycotting all of it, as rocking up will only encourage the pronouning handmaiden taking a small break from "educating" us all on bekiiiiiind to hector us about breaking through very biases that underpin TWAW, which we must suffer every other week Hmm
Ha, are you in my team? We have a handmaiden who runs the corporate LGBTQWTF+++ group and loves to lecture us about overcoming our straight bias. (She’s straight, I’m not, and no I haven’t joined their stupid group). I groan whenever she pops up on Slack.
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KittenKong · 08/03/2022 13:28

I just got an email from a female counterpart who had stepped up from pronouns in LinkedIn to pronouns on her email footer.

She’s getting a call later, why is it always feminine middle aged women with kids? WTAF???

JazzyBBG · 08/03/2022 13:25

It feels all very upbeat and positive and I'm no misery but it feels like brands aren't reading the room. Women are still very upset/angry by the Sarah Everard (and many others) incidents recently. Saying "break the bias" does naff all to address this and fees like we should all be grateful for getting some airtime!

I particularly liked the take by Dad Behaving Badly - attached - as well as the Gender Pay Bot but no one is addressing some of the more uncomfortable issues.

"Break the Bias"
Enough4me · 08/03/2022 13:18

Of course it's lovely to support everyone and make the world a better place. Let's have equality of all genders, that would involve all the penis havers stopping assaulting and killing women. Let's make this easier to understand by using sex terminology, men stop hurting women.

Lottapianos · 08/03/2022 13:06

'We would love to feature all genders and different grades if possible'

I mean, just please give me strength. I saw a similar thing in an IG post from a writer I follow, about the importance of 'equality for all genders'. I considered messaging her to suggest that she has a stern word with herself but decided there was no point. Fucking idiots

KittenKong · 08/03/2022 13:03

What was your response? My work know that I would tell them to do one. I’ve told them before and I told them last week too.

Fortunately… I’m the responsible adult who gets to execute campaigns so…

Artichokeleaves · 08/03/2022 13:02

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KittenKong · 08/03/2022 11:57

It’s a flipping grift! It really is.

I overheard a conf call with such a team (hence my not yelling at them). One used the R word - my jaw hit the bloody floor. Same folx who ‘forg’ about IWD, decided that pronouns were useful, and had Marsha promoting the many pride events last year.

Bangs head on keyboard. Repeat.

Lottapianos · 08/03/2022 11:34

'What exactly does the EDI person at work do apart from declare celebration of certain campaigns which may or may not be relevant / irritating?'

Very good question. Ours has an email signature like this (details changed)

Firstname Lastname
Age 40-49, Jewish, no disabilities, she/her

Seriously. So that's one thing that she's done

NitroNine · 08/03/2022 11:27

“Doing a pose”?!

That could get them a lot more than they bargained for if someone’s close enough to retirement/unfireable enough regardless of age/career point… Hmm

ErrolTheDragon · 08/03/2022 11:09

We have a new EDI person at work. Their suggestion for today is that women in our STEM department change our email profile pics to us doing a pose to show how we're "breaking bias".

Have they done likewise for the men? If not, they could begin 'breaking the bias' by doing that. Who/what is responsible for the biases?