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

And one to the college.

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/perioddignityyregionalleaddoff

@bleedingmydignityaway ahhh that's good to see! Interested to hear their response because the whole thing reeks of jobs for the boys. Or husbands. Or blackmailers .

You can't say he's the strongest candidate for the job in three completely different roles with three completely different skillsets and experience requirements without serious questions about the decision making process. And the fact this job is £10k more than similar community development roles in the council area STINKS.

Short recruitment time. Interesting job history closely linked to someone else. Send it to private eye.

That’s the price of equality.

Would you say that if a white person got a job relating to black people's only issues?
Tell black people that's the price they pay for equality?.

Have you? Great idea.

No, because equality does not simply mean the same. Women are not biologically the same as men. There has always been allowance within the Equality law to allow for genuine sex difference. Periods are a genuine sex based difference and the post will be representing and aiming at one sex only. Largely aimed at youngsters as well, at a particularly vulnerable time of life.

Is this real? You got a link?
Assuming it is real,
Omfg so the job is not just ringing around places to see if they have *products or not, it's going out there and talking to women and girls about periods.
And someone thought this was a great idea. Wtf?
Has he got an enhanced DBS?

I have no words for how creepy and inappropriate this is

*36k for ringing places? I don't think so.

It wasn't advertised as a CLD post and isn't, strictly speaking, a CLD post. I had mentioned on another thread that, when I first read the job description, I struck me that it would have been an ideal secondment opportunity for an experienced CLD worker who had worked with youth groups (in particular youth groups for young women) and adult education. There's a lot of posts (on every thread) that the post is 'just tampon counting' and 'compliance' but the job description read to me more as a engagement and informing post.

If the photo a pp posted is real (I have asked for a link) then actually yes, he will be talking to women and girls about periods, with period products.

@ragged

Politicians have no lived experience for most the things they talk about. So... I can't go with that ideal being required. I hope that this will be "a very good PR stint/opportunity to actively involve men in the conversation."

Many sectors are now recognising that some level of LE is actually very important, alongside professional/ specialist qualifications and a relevant track record, in order to create and implement effective policies and change.

And um, politicians being clueless may be the status quo but its not going that well for us is it?

Nonetheless, hearing that it was advertised in the 'teachers and lecturers' section seems like a strange decision as the position is not a teacher or lecturer.

And why advertise it in this category unless it meant there would be direct pedadogy involved with real live girls? I take it an enhanced DBS will be required ...?

Or was it just to keep the ad away from more suitably qualified female CLD job hunters?

I'm so cynical about this, the more I look. I'm pleased those FoI requests have gone in.

Weirdly, there's nothing in the job advert that says 'enhanced DBS required'. Just a driving licence and a vehicle.

Job spec details that a PVG is required -

'Successful candidates will be required to complete a PVG Scheme Record under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) (Scotland) Act 2007.'

Thank you.

@Maireas have done.

It's utterly ridiculous. Just been talking to dd about it and she was a bit speechless and just said 'why?' - I couldn't answer.

It's not like he has medical qualifications to support the choice.
It's a bloke with no experience of having a period, trying to tell women how to to feel better about themselves during a period. 🤷‍♀️

It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to have a man in that role!

It's nothing to do with being embarrassed.
But it shouldn't be a man's place to advise women on how to feel empowered about their periods.

He has NO relevant experience about what having a period is like. I very much doubt he has ever had one!

And you sound like you're 14.

Why is women talking about the rights of women and girls "harping on"? Why would a "feminist mission" be a bad thing?

And it's so much more than 'it's a policy job; sex of the person doesn't matter.'

It really really does matter. It's part of a much bigger picture, about the status of women.

This is the first ever period dignity leadership role.

Women and girls have periods, not men.
Women go through the menopause, not men.

Let a woman lead this role, especially for the first ever such role.

It's completely inappropriate and doubt (hope) he will be moved on swiftly.

@Watapalava

You don't even know how to spell 'you're' so fuck off with your, 'Some of you sound seriously thick' comment. I thank you.

Sometimes we need to give jobs based on sex. It's not a bad thing. A job that is centred on an issue that is intriniscally female should 100% be given to a woman.

I got the photo I posted from Facebook, the article in the The Courier UK page, they had used it in an article. They now have it as the heading photo.