Where are the girls, BBC?

[NeurotrashWarrior]

Period poverty: Schools urged to order free menstrual products www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51167487

Not one girl mentioned, bar a link to another story.

It's students, pupils, children.

And yet all other reports I've seen have quotes from others such as plan international who emphasise how some girls can be disadvantaged by period poverty.

Other reports particularly emphasise that many girls start their periods at primary school, which the bbc fail to recognise too.

They may be scared of a backlash if they use the word “girls” in their story. Yup, that is the world we live in now.

And in so doing, erase half the actual story.

I wonder if the BBC know they have failed trans men (and maybe enbies) in that article? They don’t care about failing girls.

As they pride themselves on being on the right see of Wokesville, maybe someone should write in and tell them their choice of of Getty image for period items is triggering.
So much pink

See www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/transgender-men-pain-menstruation-more-just-physical-n1113961
“Having a period already causes me a lot of [gender] dysphoria, but this dysphoria becomes heightened when I have to shop for a product that is labeled as ‘women’s health’ and in most cases, is pretty and pink,” Jones explained.”

(From thread www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3793966-Cry-Me-A-Bloody-River-Article-about-the-Pathetic-Plight-of-Period-Plagued-Trans-Men?msgid=93259671)

Thanks BBC. You won't name us. That means our disadvantage becomes disguised. And you can't change what you can't name.

I was wondering how schools would know which pupils might need these products. How on earth can they tell who menstruates? They don't get pupil's chromosomal information! And whether leaving them in gender neutral loos would result in some pupils (it would be impossible to say which) messing about with them?

Pink?

Not Always, Bodyform, Kotex, Tampax or Lillets (and probably more)

And it's usually 'feminine hygiene' not women's health (p- it's a normal bodily function, not a health issue (most of the time)

Go on say it. The world won't end.

GIRLS. there see. GIRLS are missing school. GIRLS suffer from period poverty.

How can you solve problems you cant or won't name.

Ffs

It seems they're actually only referring to non-binary, they/them-pronouned pupils?

"This will reduce the stress for any student who is trying hard to attend school when period products are an issue in their life," she said.

This is certainly going to make the scheme cheaper, as I'm quite sure that the overwhelming majority of the 'pupils', 'students' and 'young people' wanting to take advantage of free sanitary products go by the unfashionable pronouns 'she/her'.

Guardian- it does take till half way through but the terrible word GIRL is there.

www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jan/18/free-period-products-to-be-available-in-schools-and-colleges-in-england

the terrible word GIRL is there
The woke checker must have missed it

I remember doing class reports years ago and recycling skill specific comments via c+p for some children.

Doing the search and replace for pronouns didn't work well back then; other became othis, history became hertory (should have left those maybe...)

I find it chilling but I'm sure there is an algorithm that rainbow stamps your inclusive language.

At least the WEP recognises the impact on GIRLS.

(For once)

There are any number of words the BBC uses every day that could provoke a backlash. Time to grow a spine, Auntie.

The use of so many pink sanpro images does make me wonder if this has been unconscious?!

I'm as annoyed by the pink as I cannot remember ever owning any pink sanpro!

The sad thing is a large part of both of those articles are direct quotes from people and organisations, most of whom have avoided the use of the word girls. It shows how deep this goes.

Not that many are pink, there’s certainly plenty of other colours. Most people don’t care what colour the wrapper is as long as it does the job.

The link from the BBC article to the Dept of Education, strange they don’t seem to realise that night time pads exist. I had to use night time pads at school for my very heavy periods, super wouldn’t have been enough.

I have submitted a complaint, hopefully if enough people complain they will alter the article (not holding my breath though!)

What address did you complain to?

the terrible word GIRL is there
The woke checker must have missed it

They should come to us for tips on how to check your thinking wording for verboten texts. We're all bloody experts by now.

Girls and women have become dirty words unless they're referring to people who were born male.

So much for the objective BBC

www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints

I've just submitted my complaint to

www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints

Easy to do and doesn't take long.

Please consider taking ten minutes to do a complaint!!

And of course we all menstruate pink sequins.

Complaint submitted!

Just heard an item on the radio 2 news about a new cervical cancer test. For WOMEN (the dirty, controversial 'w' word mentioned twice during the article.)

If the BBC's radio audiences can deal with it, why can't their print readers?