NHS job - particularly interested in people who identify as women

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Not a regular poster on this board but I do read it.

Saw this during my morning Linked in scroll. Not a big discussion on it yet but questions as to the legality of it.

No words for this, just 🤦‍♀️

Wtf? Do they have a box to tick or something? What on earth could a man who identifies as a woman bring to the role that a woman couldn't? Or a man? That's just insane. And yes, is it legal? Wonder how they could justify that.

It would help even up their Gender Pay Gap stats maybe? Without actually having to employ a woman in a SM role and pay her appropriately.

The type-oh in the "particularly interested" (no space) makes me question if it's genuine.

This is where language is so important. Like you, I don't think that advert applies to me, because not only am I not qualified for it, but I simply am a woman, I do not "identify as a woman" any more than I "identify as 5ft 1". It's just reality.

Whereas the writers of that advert probably think it means women and men who identify as women.

beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9259-22-8653

My mistake, it says identity as female. But the same logic applies.

There is an earlier thread on this:
www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4614354-is-this-legal-barts-health-nhs-recruiting-for-a-director-of-operations-who-identifies-as-female

Oh! I did do a quick scroll down to ensure not a repeat but didn't see that!