AIBU?
Male period dignity officer sacked so whole idea scrapped...
Chevyimpala67 · 06/09/2022 14:16
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-62807683
Why?
Why not just give the job to - oh I don't know - a woman???
Why scrap it totally?
If a man can't have the job no one can?
Ffs.
mamabear715 · 06/09/2022 14:21
Sigh. They could have just asked US before appointing him.
wellhelloitsme · 06/09/2022 14:22
If a man can't have the job no one can?
It's literally this isn't it?
Fucking unreal.
KettrickenSmiled · 06/09/2022 14:22
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hahahahhahahhahahahha
😂😂😂
Article says how they are scrapping the role because of "abuse" - not because it was a total cock of an idea, you understand - so it's all the nasty feminist bullies who are now to blame that a mansplaining corporate twonk decent chap is out of a job & women won;t be able to understand how periods & the menopause work now.
Biggest pile of steaming DARVO I've read today.
Cheers @Chevyimpala67 !
TheClitterati · 06/09/2022 14:23
they are simply reiterating if men can't have it/do it, nobody can.
dicks!
KettrickenSmiled · 06/09/2022 14:23
wellhelloitsme · 06/09/2022 14:22
If a man can't have the job no one can?
It's literally this isn't it?
Fucking unreal.
Yup @wellhelloitsme
This is why we women Can't Have Nice Things.
Topseyt123 · 06/09/2022 14:24
If the role is needed at all then the job should have gone to a woman. I highly doubt that there were no suitable women as candidates.
Nobody should be actually abused in their place of work. I don't think we know much detail there.
nutellachurro · 06/09/2022 14:24
Oh god
Another post where the ignorant will bleat on about incorrect assumptions as to the remit of this role.
YABU op
nutellachurro · 06/09/2022 14:25
Topseyt123 · 06/09/2022 14:24
If the role is needed at all then the job should have gone to a woman. I highly doubt that there were no suitable women as candidates.
Nobody should be actually abused in their place of work. I don't think we know much detail there.
Why should it have gone to a woman?
Can only women read the new law and enforce said law in schools and other public buildings?
Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 06/09/2022 14:25
he says’ periods are an issue for everyone’. Wow, that is some unfortunate phraseology, right there.
I wonder if what he has happened is that this is typical of some serious shortcomings, so they have let him go and are happily blaming all those lippy women ?
SingularityCat · 06/09/2022 14:26
nutellachurro · 06/09/2022 14:24
Oh god
Another post where the ignorant will bleat on about incorrect assumptions as to the remit of this role.
YABU op
Care to enlighten us ignorant sheep then?
KettrickenSmiled · 06/09/2022 14:26
nutellachurro · 06/09/2022 14:24
Oh god
Another post where the ignorant will bleat on about incorrect assumptions as to the remit of this role.
YABU op
Oh god
Another thread where this self-appointed contrarian will bleat on about how OP's assumptions are incorrect & only s/he, @nutellachurro has the intellectual rigour & searing insight to understand the topic.
NightmareSlashDelightful · 06/09/2022 14:26
I agree that this job should have gone to a woman in the first place (although I don't think there's anything wrong with the guy's credentials or qualifications in isolation, and I do believe that he's a decent person).
They're dressing it up to be about harassment but I would guess that the real issue will be that employment laws around sex discrimination would prevent the exact same job being immediately given to someone else purely on the basis of sex. It could leave the employer open to sex discrimination claims.
It seems that the tasks that the person in this role would have carried out will still be carried out, just under a range of administrative functions instead of from one PRable source.
It wouldn't surprise me if there was another period dignity officer appointed in time, but the role won't be called that, and the job description will be a bit different to avoid the potential for discriminatory action.
Chevyimpala67 · 06/09/2022 14:27
SingularityCat · 06/09/2022 14:26
Care to enlighten us ignorant sheep then?
nutellachurro · 06/09/2022 14:24
Oh god
Another post where the ignorant will bleat on about incorrect assumptions as to the remit of this role.
YABU op
Yes. Please do. I'm agog
KettrickenSmiled · 06/09/2022 14:28
Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 06/09/2022 14:25
he says’ periods are an issue for everyone’. Wow, that is some unfortunate phraseology, right there.
I wonder if what he has happened is that this is typical of some serious shortcomings, so they have let him go and are happily blaming all those lippy women ?
Of course it is @Allthegoodnamesarechosen
See DARVO - www.banyantherapy.com/darvo/
fruitbrewhaha · 06/09/2022 14:28
nutellachurro · 06/09/2022 14:25
Why should it have gone to a woman?
Can only women read the new law and enforce said law in schools and other public buildings?
Topseyt123 · 06/09/2022 14:24
If the role is needed at all then the job should have gone to a woman. I highly doubt that there were no suitable women as candidates.
Nobody should be actually abused in their place of work. I don't think we know much detail there.
Because the appointment was done behind closed doors and by this chaps mate who got him the role. But mainly because men aren't experts at periods or menopause.
KettrickenSmiled · 06/09/2022 14:29
Chevyimpala67 · 06/09/2022 14:27
Yes. Please do. I'm agog
SingularityCat · 06/09/2022 14:26
Care to enlighten us ignorant sheep then?
nutellachurro · 06/09/2022 14:24
Oh god
Another post where the ignorant will bleat on about incorrect assumptions as to the remit of this role.
YABU op
Christ on a bike don't encourage any more tedious nonsense from this poster!
S/he will swear that black is white if it puts the OP of any thread in the wrong ...
Sarahconnor1 · 06/09/2022 14:29
Chevyimpala67 · 06/09/2022 14:16
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-62807683
Why?
Why not just give the job to - oh I don't know - a woman???
Why scrap it totally?
If a man can't have the job no one can?
Ffs.
Think it's was more If this particular man can't have the job no one can.
The recruiting manager seems to have been involved with this person's appointment into a number of different roles over the last few years
There was a thread on FWR about it
BringMeTea · 06/09/2022 14:29
Sick of this shit now. Blaming women for the role's demise is fucking outrageous.
viques · 06/09/2022 14:31
Chevyimpala67 · 06/09/2022 14:27
Yes. Please do. I'm agog
SingularityCat · 06/09/2022 14:26
Care to enlighten us ignorant sheep then?
nutellachurro · 06/09/2022 14:24
Oh god
Another post where the ignorant will bleat on about incorrect assumptions as to the remit of this role.
YABU op
I’m a goat nanny but happy to stand with the sheep on this one.
fruitbrewhaha · 06/09/2022 14:32
NightmareSlashDelightful · 06/09/2022 14:26
I agree that this job should have gone to a woman in the first place (although I don't think there's anything wrong with the guy's credentials or qualifications in isolation, and I do believe that he's a decent person).
They're dressing it up to be about harassment but I would guess that the real issue will be that employment laws around sex discrimination would prevent the exact same job being immediately given to someone else purely on the basis of sex. It could leave the employer open to sex discrimination claims.
It seems that the tasks that the person in this role would have carried out will still be carried out, just under a range of administrative functions instead of from one PRable source.
It wouldn't surprise me if there was another period dignity officer appointed in time, but the role won't be called that, and the job description will be a bit different to avoid the potential for discriminatory action.
You're probably correct. Easier to unfund the position and scrap it, than make him redundant and rehire. Although I bet he's been given a year's salary anyway.
nutellachurro · 06/09/2022 14:33
@fruitbrewhaha
You don't need to be an expert in periods to do this role.
Do you even understand what the day to day responsibilities are?
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