Male period dignity officer sacked so whole idea scrapped...

[Chevyimpala67]

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.

This is from the job description, sounds like the role is more than admin.

Energy, enthusiasm and excellent interpersonal skills are needed, backed up with a qualification at degree level and a successful track record of engaging and empowering a large range of people from a diverse range of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, in particular young people who menstruate.

It's concerning that nut doesn't think this job requires a DBS check. Perhaps nut should have read the whole description (to educate themselves) where it quite clearly states the successful applicant will be subject the checks on the PVG Scheme, Scotland's version of the DBS but better.

It's the way you do it, sweetie.

PVG scheme record under vulnerable people act Scotland . Is this the Scottish equivalent of a DBS? I’ve no idea I just read the job information on the link provided which says it’s required.

This role involves talking to young girls and women about their reproductive organs.

Are people seriously questioning why that role should go to a woman?????

@Florenz

You consider £35k an exorbitant salary

Part of the remit was to educate the public about periods and the menopause.
So they appointed a man who can have no real understanding about either of those things.
It was the fucking ultimate in mansplaining.

If there are any incorrect assumptions they are yours

CEO’s post with FOJN saying it is indeed the Scottish equivalent

So as said, it doesn't require a DBS check

Enhanced DBS is what the OP was referring to as well fyi

At the time I looked him up on LinkedIn. His work history was marketing for a tobacco firm and working as a personal trainer from what I remember. There was nothing which would allude to being a good fit for this role.

It wouldn't have taken a genius to predict the response to any man being appointed into this role, with it titled as it was. But I did indeed read the job description and it did include liaising with students regarding issues pertaining to periods. I'm not sure why or how anybody would think a male going to speak about periods would be well received by the majority of girls. The response to that question was that it would get boys involved and talking, which is great and would be welcomed, but not at the expense of the girls for whom periods and menopause will be a first person problem.

He also made comments on twitter immediately following his appointment which only served to highlight how naive the appointment had been.

Is this the Scottish equivalent of a DBS?

That's my understanding but it's looks better because once you're registered an employee on the scheme it updates you if they are convicted of anything during their employment.

The job involved face to face contact. Of course this should be a job for a woman.
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@SheeWeee

No it wasn't in the remit of this role to educate on periods.

It's to educate on the new period product act and what actions said organisation is taking to ensure it's upheld

Some on here are mighty hard of understanding

Hahahahahahah @nutellachurro , you are on a roll today , there really is no need to be so rude
Have a cup of tea or something
It's getting rather dull now
I agree with you @Chevyimpala67 to develop the role you need someone women can relate to

Could this be an employment law thing though? If he were sacked for being a man he would have a clear case of sex discrimination.

This whole thing is a joke from start to finish. It is beyond me why they didn’t just employ a woman from the outset.

Absolutely.
Men will never know the stress and dread of periods as a young woman -
Nor the inconvenience of them, nor the pain that can be excruciating at times.
It would be as daft about having a woman in the role of Prostate health.

Oh god.

Another thread where a person who agrees with the OP takes issue with a poster with a contrary view.

Sorry but the logic of only giving this role to a woman means that men would not be suitable gynaecologists or midwives. AFAIK men carry out both of these roles without any problems 🤷‍♀️

I don’t know why he lost the role or why it has been defunded, but not sure that it is because he is a man.

I don't think anyone is saying it's a role like the tampax lady (I hope that's a thing everywhere and not just here firstly so I don't look mad and also because she was great when I was at school).

It baffles me that some people don't think this role should have gone to a woman!

From the advert ‘young people who menstruate’. Ok so that’s it. A working group of people who were too scared to say menstruation is a female thing, we’re too scared to raise the question of whether this job should have applied for an exemption so that only a female can be appointed.
It wasn’t an accident this job was open to men. it was ideological. A refusal to recognize the femaleness of menstruation and menopause.

Men train for these roles and are highly qualified. That said, I would not want a male midwife or gynaecologist.

This guy is just a random bloke with no personal experience and no training.

That's the difference.

It really doesn't mean that. They train for years to be qualified, this dude is a personal fuckign trainer who knows about as much about the menopause as Dave down the pub.
Not even slightly the same thing

Well I am in England (which is probably obvious) and I know for sure the HT at our local school would not let anyone talk to pupils about periods who did not have a dbs (or the Scottish equivalent)

To suggest it's ott to expect such safeguards for out young women is so fucked up I don't know where to start...

£35,000 is more than most of the private sector workers in Tayside earn, you know the people that actually pay for the local council.

Sorry but I think local government in this country is an absolute fucking joke, on every conceivable level. It's basically legalised robbery of council tax payers, if it was run properly 99% of the people working there would no longer be working - and most of them would not last 5 minutes in the private sector where you actually have to be good at what you do.

Actually it was, you're the one misinformed.