Civil service are celebrating International Men's Day

[jclm]

civilservicelocal.blog.gov.uk/2021/11/02/join-our-international-mens-day-events-to-get-men-talking/

I cannot believe my eyes... Had to check this is not a spoof...

Unless they refused to acknowledge IWD then I don’t understand the issue. They’ve got some decent sessions planned at least and not just two days of NAMALT

No problems with them celebrating IMD. I wonder though if they are allowed to actually use the word men?
Silly question I know.

It's a good thing, no?

Unless IWD didn't happen or had to be centered around others?

If so, you can show the absence/template for IWD to them and so prove the discrepancy?

Do men exist? Women don't seem to

I wonder if they will be allowed to promote this and celebrate it without being jumped on for excluding Trans men (as happens to women about trans women on IWD)?

I am going to predict that they will.

I see only_"men "and not "prostate havers" mentioned in their Prostate Awareness section

To be fair they're tying it up with getting men talking something we all need men to do, it's not a day of saying men are awesome for the sake of it.

Anything that encourages mxn to talk is a good thing in my book.

@Floisme

Anything that encourages mxn to talk is a good thing in my book.

"Mxn."

He he

Every day is international men’s day

Who is going to tell them that not all men etc etc etc and how the word man is completely offensive and undexclusive?

@BrandineDelRoy 'he he '
Hee hee

I don’t see a problem with this as long as it is applied fairly.

When it was International Women’s Day, organisations could earn extra Stonewall points for have a transwoman speak. My workplace duly had a talk from a transwoman who boasted about influencing the census.

I wonder if the same Stonewall criteria apply for transmen?

I thought the list of workshops looked alright until I got to the one about Parental Alienation...

Allyship? What the actual fuck

Ahhh the good egg people total support of all things predatory accused me of alienating my children from their father apparently the fact that he himself chooses not to see them unless it suits him is my fault........I.should ya know force him or something maybe?

Ís IMD celebrated all over the world?

In general though the sessions looked good until things that... Are MRA topics. That's s bit of s worry.

DV
Parental alienation
And allies? Bit confused about that

The other stuff all looks good though.

I do wonder what the take up will be.

civilservicelocal.blog.gov.uk/2021/02/15/join-our-online-events-for-international-womens-day/

But what is a man?

@foxgoosefinch

Every day is international men’s day

Quite.

I don’t see an issue with this - apart from what’s already been raised (no mention of transmen etc).

They’re not bursting into a women focused event and going “what about the men?”; it’s a completely separate event. And these issues are important to discuss and get men talking about them.

(Though I am side-eyeing a couple of the subjects as they could slip quickly down the MRA rabbit hole if not careful).

I think all but none of those topics look great, and will not only benefit the men but also the families and groups they are part of. If they were celebrating it by getting trashed at the footie I might raise an eyebrow: but mental health and baby loss etc are really fantastic topics. I could imagine my DH and my DSs going to those sessions and really valuing them.

Parental Alienation on the other hand?????

@Floisme

Anything that encourages mxn to talk is a good thing in my book.

‘Mxn’ 🤣

I don’t understand though OP, isn’t a good thing. Lots of men suffer with mental health problems, it’s good for them to talk.

Do we have to hate men now? Is it that we have to bring them down in order to bring ourselves up? I’m a bit

“Do we have to hate men now?” I think you mean one out of every two people, no?