New CEO of Edinburgh Rape Crisis

[TheFleegleHasLanded]

I struggled to even come up with a title for this thread as I am so enraged I know I will get deleted and even banned if I say what I really think.

twitter.com/EdinRapeCrisis/status/1389112490215288832?s=20

[Orgasmagorical]

@Virginiarivers

Orgasmagorical, a number of people complained to OSCR about the appointment including me. They basically replied to everyone saying they’d looked into it and saw no issue.

Mridul Wadwha is answerable to absolutely no one in Scotland and knows it. The chief executive of Rape Crisis Scotland is a TRA. The ERC board are all young handmaidens. The Scottish Government are all in thrall to this ideology. I can’t think of anyone at this point who could hold MW to account other than a court case.

How, in the name of the wee man, can they say they see no issue??

Mridul Wadwha is answerable to absolutely no one in Scotland and knows it

Fucking terrifying.

[cucumbershed]

I can't work out if it's complete blindness to the problem of them being actually male in a female role, some sort of 'I think therefore I am (a female)' mentality, or just a ginormous ego. To think I even quite liked the person - pleasant and engaging to talk to and ticked all the right boxes for someone you'd want involved in your work on make to female domestic abuse.

[cucumbershed]

*male not make

[Ereshkigalangcleg]

The woman (a female QC) who questioned the comment about the Scottish protesters "allying with fascists" was kicked out immediately according to her Twitter, although they did answer her question.

[Orgasmagorical]

To think I even quite liked the person - pleasant and engaging to talk to and ticked all the right boxes for someone you'd want involved in your work on male to female domestic abuse.

They are very good liars, they need to be to wheedle their way into people's lives and 'jobs that not everyone could do'. They can come across as so kind and caring but it's all a sham, as you'll now realise

[andyoldlabour]

I said six months ago that MW hates women and has used this position to push a pro trans rights agenda.
The people who put MW into this post need investigating.
I read the HeraldScotland article and there were plenty of comments from blokes like myself, who think this is a totally unacceptable situation.

[ArabellaScott]

www.webmd.com/mental-health/narcissism-symptoms-signs

[RoyalCorgi]

Does anybody else marvel at how gullible people are? People in relatively senior positions, who have some life experience? It astonishes me that so often what seems perfectly obvious to me, and to many of us on this board, completely passes these people by.

[Nachthex]

I'm also shocked at how sycophantic the host is - Yorkshire women should be better than that. I have no idea how people can't see MW for what he is. But then so many institutions have been capture by his ilk, why not this sector?

[Ereshkigalangcleg]

This sector was particularly important to capture.

[Helleofabore]

It pays to remember though that they admit that they view guilt very differently to the norm. So, our perception of what would make us very uncomfortable about a lie and continuing a lie may not be what that person feels at all.

[NecessaryScene]

Does anybody else marvel at how gullible people are?

This isn't about being gullible. It's about working your way up the ranks.

In an authoritarian regime (which includes most companies), the greater the horror you countenance, the more impressive your demonstration of loyalty.

Once all the awkward, conscientious-objecter types have been weeded out by tests like "will you accept an abusive male in charge of rape crisis services?", you're left with loyal conformists. And they know they'll all have each others' backs. They're all mutually complicit. No awkward whistle-blower types left.

Occasionally you do have trouble-makers clinging on, like Sonia Appleby at the Tavistock, but very few individuals have that strength of character. Most will leave voluntarily rather than keep fighting.

[R0wantrees]

@RoyalCorgi

Does anybody else marvel at how gullible people are? People in relatively senior positions, who have some life experience? It astonishes me that so often what seems perfectly obvious to me, and to many of us on this board, completely passes these people by.

relevant thread:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/feminism/3452784-Coercive-Control-a-need-for-better-awareness

[prudencepuffin]

Once all the awkward, conscientious-objecter types have been weeded out by tests like "will you accept an abusive male in charge of rape crisis services?", you're left with loyal conformists. And they know they'll all have each others' backs. They're all mutually complicit. No awkward whistle-blower types left.

Bit like the Tory Cabinet, only the question there was: Are you prepared to say that Brexit is the best idea since sliced bread. Knock out your opponents and you have a clear field unless there is a significant rebellion.

[ChristinaXYZ]

I've put the transcript of the Wadhwa meeting on a separate thread, partly as this was getting so long, also because there are some interesting questions about what is said and the history of the charitable status of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4349837-Full-Transcript-of-the-meeting-with-Mridul-Wadhwa-about-rape-crisis-centers?watched=1&msgid=110821065#110821065