Leicestershire Police ' supporting 'people going though the menopause

[TheFnozwhowasmirage]

Leicestershire Police have a Facebook post in support of 'people going through the menopause'. They are getting stick for it,but not because they aren't using the word 'women',but for wasting time on SM instead of going their jobs.

doing their jobs.

So if I stab someone in menopausal rage I’m ok?

So is Nottingham Police

Why the fcuk do we need the police supporting menopausal women. What is achieved by this? Perhaps they should just get on with their jobs.

Signed, disgruntled of Lemmington Spa

They are supporting their own female officers and staff going through it, not the general public.

@FAQs

They are supporting their own female officers and staff going through it, not the general public.

Is it necessary to broadcast it on social media while using the word 'person' or could they just get on with supporting them in the work place without announcing it? A cynic might think it was pointless virtue signalling without any other value to it.

….it really hadn't occurred to me to have a chat with my employers about the state of my reproductive organs. I think I must still be behind the times with out of date beliefs like going to work to do a job, and not every single thing about my internal state being a topic of shared interest.

May let a friend know though that he needs to see whether his employers celebrate supporting their people with piles. He could do with a bit of sympathy there.

They are supporting their own female officers and staff going through it, not the general public.

Are they though, I wonder? Or are they just posting about it on Facebook? Sounds like yet another example of wokewashing to me. I'm sick to the back teeth of shops, companies and organisations covering all their communications with "We're supporting x, y or z" banners. It's so ubiquitous that it becomes just meaningless background noise.

Nice to know they'll be sympathetic if a woman goes a little of the rails!

Yes, I too have an interest in how they are supporting their people exactly. Is it cups of tea and sympathy? Counselling? Flexible hours? Practical changes in working practice? Or nice posts on Facebook and yay menopause badges?

Yes, I too have an interest in how they are supporting their people exactly. Is it cups of tea and sympathy? Counselling? Flexible hours? Practical changes in working practice? Or nice posts on Facebook and yay menopause badges?

My money is on the latter. Reminds me of a former workplace of mine that did an extensive and much-trumpeted 'staff wellbeing and work-life balance' survey. Everyone knew that staff were unhappy, overworked and unappreciated and responded to the survey to that effect. Management's response to the findings? Cheerful posters with supportive messages, plus free cake in the staff room once a month.

It’s a cynical way of looking as if they aren’t misogynist. IIRC the Labour party did similarly with last years election manifesto.

Take all our sex-based rights, but mumble about the menopause, and all is good. Right?
Why are all you greedy women never satisfied? Oh, must be the menopause. Here have a cookie and shut up.

If anyone presents me with a cheerful badge saying "I'm going through the menopause!" to raise visibility and support they're going to need to also give me a high viz jacket with other helpful messages on it, like 'I have no idea what your name is' and 'I have come to work in jeans because I'm bleeding through everything too fast for this job and these are the only pants in which it doesn't show', and 'annoy me today and I may eat you'. And 'approach slowly and quietly, holding out a stiff gin'.

To be honest I’ve not really looked in to it, I’m not on the Leicester Police Force Facebook page but it’s been talked about quite a bit on the TV recently and there has been a rise in cases against lack of support, under the equality Act.

There was a recent case against the Police, was it Surrey maybe? So this might have meant other forces have reviewed their policies, ACAS were vocal about it as well.

Apparently it’s Menopause Awareness Month?? www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/news-article/video-nottinghamshire-police-leading-way-on-menopause-awareness-day

I used to hate the phrase "virtue signalling" (originally used by alt-right trolls to shut down valid criticism of their abhorrent views)
But this is exactly it.
The Woke are like some kind of alt-right strawman come to life.

Apparently it’s Menopause Awareness Month??

Ah. Well in that case, they probably have some kind of "Which Awareness Month is it this time?" notification set up, so they can make sure their PR people put out the appropriate social media posts at the right time, to make them look like they're doing something.

It's menopause awareness month so lots of organisations are posting about it. Channel 4 have published their menopause policy which was pretty good actually. It did talk about employees rather than women 99% of the time but I suspect that's standard practice for their policies, even if they are gender specific.

To be fair to them they’ve actually been working on and raising awareness for years, rather than just thinking about it as an October tick boxing exercise.

As someone who suffers brain fog and tiredness through it actually quite good to see some companies are openly discussing it, and raising awareness, this post is an example of that.

@FAQs

To be fair to them they’ve actually been working on and raising awareness for years, rather than just thinking about it as an October tick boxing exercise.

As someone who suffers brain fog and tiredness through it actually quite good to see some companies are openly discussing it, and raising awareness, this post is an example of that.

It is good to see companies accommodating women after all this time and I agree this is supporting it.

I guess I just feel very cynical about the police in particular right now who seem to be tweeting etc. all manner of things which are unrelated to policing.

On the other hand, good to see the C4 policy and I can certainly see the benefit of raising awareness. I partially retract my disgruntled message but only partially because I am highly suspicious of the motives of the police in 'raising awareness'. I don't really think they do have the best reasons for doing this. I accept you disagree with me though and feel any awareness is a good thing.

Not going through it myself yet but on the cusp. I hope you get support for it at work FAQ.

Ha! I was sent a questionnaire compiled by a professional body just this morning. "We are interested in the opinions of all those working in our [professional] community, not only those who are currently, or who have in the past experienced menopause. When discussing menopause we are including those with early onset menopause and members of the trans and non-binary community who may also experience menopause symptoms.". And women, one assumes.

I was asked what gender I identified as, and whether this matched what I was born as (can't remember the exact wording). Very irksome. However, I was more miffed at all of the questions assuming I had naturally slipped into menopause, rather than being pushed off the oestrogen cliff by having a hysterectomy with all the trimmings. The whole thing made me chuckle slightly - absolute woke point scoring twaddle.

Just to confirm, the words woman and women did not appear once.

@ThePankhurstConnection yes work are supportive, even on the odd occasion I’ve been so exhausted by mid afternoon I’ve fallen asleep (work fine home), with luck (or not) my boss is in a similar position so she is very understanding.

Anyone remember the fight against woman who had an opinion, must be on their period. Tend to be a mentally which starts in school.

It feels as though it’s back to that stage, but ‘must be on the menopause’, careful she is unhinged and all the same old stereotypes, no it’s physically and emotionally draining, but my opinion in the workplace is because you’re a twat/I disagree/you’re wrong, whichever applies and is not due to my menopause.

It’s good they are aiming the guidance at everybody, hopefully men will also learn something from it so they can support if needed, their colleagues and partners and adjust their mirth.

Oh and I did experience an unexpected really heavy bleed in a meeting, It went through my trousers on to the chair and it was one of my lowest moments especially as I had to leave the building and walk back to my car with my suit jacket wrapped around my waist.

It can be a breeze (apparently) or hellish.

Maybe they can support menopausal (and non-menopausal) women by taking their calls seriously about DV? My mother was told that they could do nothing about her ex partner threatening to kill her, until he did something (kill her?!). They then refused to take him away when he attacked her because he said he didn't. Refused to do anything when he broke her window. Said it was his word against hers when he hit her again. Then threatened to lock ME up for protecting my mother and younger siblings from him. Finally they did arrest him when he hit a male friend of my mothers who was in the house when he forced his way in for the final time.

All this over the space of maybe 2 months. Great experience of the police that was.