To think it's odd that our first 'Period Dignity Officer' is a man?

[Bobby80]

So pretty much what the title says. The first Period Dignity Officer has been appointed and they are male. One one hand I'm thinking 'WTF' and the other I'm thinking this is a very good PR stint/opportunity to actively involve men in the conversation.
male Period Dignity Officer

think being a man will help me to break down barriers, reduce stigma and encourage more open discussions. Although affecting women directly, periods are an issue for everyone.

Fuck off Jason

36k

@FayeGovan but apparently someone on here thinks it was such a shit job only a man would apply…….

because it’s well known men take all those shit low paid, low status jobs women avoid because they can get a post paying £36,000, oh wait….

Im bored with the shit talked here. I take it none of you have ever seen a male gynecologist or male midwife? So what if its a man doing this stupid job, the outrage should be that there's a job explaining period dignity in the first place.

@FayeGovan Midwives and obstetricians go through training programs to deliver specific care and are registered with professional bodies holding up standards to protect women and girls when they are at their most vulnerable. How can you not see this post is totally different?

@FayeGovan I’m not sure if the fact you describe this job as stupid better or worse?? Anyway you sound very hard of thinking I hope you manage to overcome that soon

Women do shave as well though. And arguably it's more expensive to do so, thanks to the "pink tax" on razors which are otherwise identical to the blue ones (obviously there's no reason that you have to buy pink instead of blue, but evidently enough people will be tricked into it that it's worthwhile).

Why does filling some forms, monitoring schools to make sure they provide pads etc require someone k be female?

honestly?

it’s a check list job

it’s same as checking risk assessment’s

Same as checking no of toilets per pupil

it doesn’t require any understanding of periods full stop

it’s about promoting access and ensuring compliance

I thought equality? Or is it only as far as we want it?

To those who keep saying "But it's a policy job" Leading a team and applying a policy( ie writing and actioning through procedures and leading a team) means it helps if the person actually has some fucking LIVED experience of what the policy is there to address.

Well done for entirely missing the point.

Nope

all it’s required is someone to ask ‘do you have xxxx no or pads and tampons?’ Yes or no answer

we don’t need someone to have experience periods at all to ask a question!!!!

it’s ridiculous Over thinking

the level of hysteria is so detrimental for women

This is barely applied anywhere in any other form of project management. For good reason.

Thus 100% its f&£k8ng offensive.

@Watapalava how do you suggest a man promotes period inclusion? At least they go to the toilet to figure out how many toilets there are.

This role has been promoted so clearly within the department it’s seen as new and different and not “just” counting sanitary towels. The fact this man has been promoted with his role is part of the reason it’s so wrong. When was the last time we heard about a hearing person being appointed to a role involing the hearing impaired being splashed across national media as a “good” thing. Only women and girls have periods and if there need to be a champion it needs to be a women or girl

I would hope that he uses his role to talk to men and boys about how they need to change their attitude and awareness towards periods. Leave the rest to women.

@XDownwiththissortofthingX totally disagree the best policies are always devised in partnership with those who use them? Like yes I could write a policy all about prostate cancer and it could tick all boxes for time lines and access but ultimately I no fuck all squared about it so not the person to develop it. They do need to be objective and independent but that’s a different thing

Know not no 🤦‍♀️

All it’s required is someone to ask ‘do you have xxxx no or pads and tampons?’ Yes or no answer. We don’t need someone to have experience periods at all to ask a question!!!!

They're paying £36,000 just to ring round and ask that question? Blinking harry. I got less than that as a qualified teacher! Mind you, I was a woman teacher - maybe that's the difference? 🤔

He could just have been part of the team with a woman supervising him, but in a classic move rooted in patriarchy they decided to make him head of the team when it’s already known that men in predominately female staff teams tend to rise to the top quicker. We can see why.

I have looked at his cv and he doesn’t seem particularly well qualified for this either.

Why was it advertised for such a short time as well? Seems a bit suspicious and I wonder if they knew him and had already decided the role would go to him . Either way this kind of thing is very discouraging to women and personally I wouldn’t like to work on this sort of project with a male manager.

Here he is with some other man mansplaining showing a girl and her mum choices of sanitary products.
That's not just ringing up schools to check their supply of pads and tampons 😒

The oddity is not a man as a Period Dignity Officer, it is a Period Dignity Officer. Period!

@Cocolapew I agree, as a young women/girl I don’t want a man to explain sanitary products to me. This is abuse of young women and girls being expected to speak to a man about their periods.

I disagree. It's not just a checklist job. Things are being conflated here. There's basic bodily safety - that's a policing job - how do we provide 50% of the population with safe spaces for that? Period dignity - that's cultural, not a policing job so much as the matriarchy, women opening time and space for women as women.

Lets you know if you've leaked, I imagine?