Tell me this is not real please. Scotland's first period dignity officer is a man. A MAN.

[Rainbowshit]

I just can't put into words how furious this makes me. Females are having the pis absolutely ripped out of them in Scotland.

What the fuck would a male understand about the indignity of realising you'd leaked through onto your clothes.

About the cold fear when your period is late.

About trying to unwrap a tampon quietly. Etc etc.

I suppose the only saving grace is at least they are not claiming to be a woman.

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/3593497/dundee-man-leading-period-poverty-fight-how-to-get-free-products/

Could you repost the link? It goes to “page not found”
But anyway, that’s my opinion as to what equality requires. Whether we are actually an equal society in practice (we are not) is a different matter altogether.

I cant imagine a man wanting the fucking job

Well it’s clear from the wording in the JD (young people who menstruate) that a woke person was expected to apply.

Feeling particularly sorry for the older “people who menstruate” because clearly their menstrual dignity doesn’t matter two fucks because they aren’t even being considered to be part of the remit. The fact that older menstruating people women will be using the premises, either because they are employed by the colleges or are visiting doesn’t seem to have occurred to the employers.

It doesn't mean that women can't query why a man, with no experience whatsoever of periods, facing menstruation stigma or actually using period products, could be considered suitable for the job, above a woman who actually has experienced any of those things.

But lived experience in periods is not necessary to be a project manager overseeing the implementation of a government initiative regarding periods. The vast majority of project managers do not have lived experience in whatever they are overseeing.

It’s rather like requiring an architect to have lived experience as a bricklayer?

You can query all you like but it’s obvious you’re just being sexist.

“Provide support to the project team” is not “deliver”

Actually lived experience would be quite handy wouldn't it because, you know, it might possibly give a bit more insight into what works with the target demographic and the particular issues they may face? 🤔

To those who have no issue with this appointment, can you honestly, hand on heart, not see why a woman should be in the role? Honestly?

www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/notes/division/3/16/26/1

(The link works in preview so should work this time)

First paragraph of that page -

'This paragraph provides a general exception to what would otherwise be unlawful direct discrimination in relation to work. The exception applies where being of a particular sex, race, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation or age – or not being a transsexual person, married or a civil partner – is a requirement for the work, and the person whom it is applied to does not meet it (or, except in the case of sex, does not meet it to the reasonable satisfaction of the person who applied it). The requirement must be crucial to the post, and not merely one of several important factors. It also must not be a sham or pretext. In addition, applying the requirement must be proportionate so as to achieve a legitimate aim.'

Well men are as entitled to tampons for free now in Scotland.

Discovereads, so you believe there was not a single woman in Scotland capable of doing this?

I honestly feel like we’re living in an episode of Black Mirror at times.

I think the folk behind Black Mirror would have had a job coming up with storylines as unbelievable as the sharn happening in Scotland.

Well he's never going to have pmt , stomach cramps or leaks that stain his clothes is he ? The world has gone bat shit crazy .

Theres no such thing as man jobs and woman jobs. To say otherwise is sex discrimination.

Of course there are - obviously and rightly only a few specific cases allowed by the exceptions to the EA. For instance today I had my routine mammogram, the letter specified that it would be a female doing it.

Sure. It might be, or you might be biased towards what works for you and discard ideas that wouldn’t work for you.

For this post I 100 per cent cannot. Unless you’re going to day all obstetricians should be female and female health improvement staff shouldn’t be working on addressing male cancers. In both cases they work directly with the people too, not as a project manager.

This is a step towards periods being normalised as something that happens to about half the population and not something which should be hushed up and put in a corner.

Lived experience absolutely is important but extrapolating that wider, should you not be allowed to work with people with health issues or homeless if you haven’t experienced it yourself?

This isn’t about handing 12 years olds tampons. There will also have been a local consultation on distribution methods which will inform how it’s being done and a published statement detailing this.

No not biased. Just know for a fact that a man can't have the lived experience - perhaps you'd like to refute that? Do enlighten me if so.

No. I’m sure there are. But that’s not how hiring decisions are made. You don’t say I want a person of a certain demographic and then shred every CV coming in from persons of a different demographic.

Following experiences with male gynaecologist I now refuse to be seen by a male. I'm sure I'm not alone in this - see also PP re. mammograms.
So for it may be wise to consider why that is and to think again about why it would be better to have a female period dignity officer.

Would you object to your female health care worker being managed by a male?

Lived experience is causing bias on this very thread. We are seeing women so biased by their lived experience they think only a woman can do this job.

Look there are many many things wrong in Scotland, this genuinely isn’t one of them.

He says he wants to be a role model. For whom I couldn't say.

Maybe next week they will appoint a white middle aged man to lead the charge on equality for people of colour. Oh... Wait. No. That doesn't read well.

If the male was managing a female specific health issue and was responsible for deciding matters relating to dignity, privacy etc. then yes that would concern me.