This is worth restating in response to the ‘don’t read the Daily Mail’ scolding on this post today.
The NSPCC used to understand clarify in language was important.
Women have discovered that unless something is explicitly excluded activists will use that ambiguity to prise away those rights and safeguards.
All the NSPCC had to do was change the word ‘gender’ to ‘sex’. Instead when that removal was highlighted by women they’ve whined, blamed others, said ‘it’s not fair’ and obscured the truth. That’s a lot of effort when reinstating a single sentence with the word ‘sex’ instead of ‘gender’ would have resolved the issue.
Rightly or wrongly as soon as you remove a stated restriction you are considered to be allowing it. It’s regarded differently to if you’d never had a stated restriction.
NSPCC are in a position of responsibility and authority for child safeguarding. We must be able to highlight when we think they have got it wrong, particularly when there’s a fear they may have been influenced by individuals or organisations that want to see reduced child safeguarding measures.