Steph Richards (TIM) again appointed to a position at endometriosis charity

[Whatchamacallitt]

The headline dishonestly implies that the issue with this appointment is because Richards is trans-identified, rather than because he is male. I wouldn't have any issue with a trans-identified woman affected by endometriosis being appointed. You'd think they would have learnt their lesson from last time when he was appointed CEO. If Richards and the charity gave a damn about women they would have taken on board the level of offence generated then.

Well, well. Deletions. How very retro.

Exactly what does a male hairdresser know about endometriosis? If he was a Dr I could almost understand it, but there’s nothing in his bio that links him to this disease.

And now they've taken down the 2023 thread. FFS, I thought MN was past this.

I too am appalled by this appointment.

I remember in my 20’s being dismissed by a young male doctor who told me ‘other women deal with it, why can’t you? Are you here for a prescription for Prozac?’. Because I told him how I was in so much pain but couldn’t take time off work so was there something to help cope with the shivering pain and nausea. I never got any diagnosis as to what caused it as it lessened with the pill and then again after pregnancy. So it was probably not endometriosis. However, so little is known about these issues that needs research attention.

So, seeing a man appointed in a role such as this is not helpful, but a man who is not one of the rare male people who have the condition is downright offensive.

When will we learn as a society that appointing or celebrating male people in female representational roles is the very opposite to progress.

Indeed.

Are people being deleted for mentioning AGP? Because it's simply a fact. There are many men who identify as women who have it.

The Internet is littered with men talking about it.

"Physiologic autogynephilia is a specific type of autogynephilia—a male's sexual arousal by the thought or image of himself as a woman—defined as arousal to fantasies of having female-specific bodily functions.

Such as menstruation, pregnancy, breastfeeding, or other physiological experiences associated with being female."

Just to be clear, HQ, who knows whether or not this man has it. But it's certainly something that can be discussed.

And a jawline that screams "I am a man".

Apologies for any offence. I have had an earlier post deleted as have others.
Ironically the post immediately after it by @NebulousSadTimes who agreed with my post is still there.

Speech guidelines I agree are important but this deleting is more than following guidelines it is Orwellian wrongspeak policing.

How much verbal gymnastics do we have to do to get our point across.

You cannot change sex.
Gender identity is an ideology.

This so called progressive society needs a long hard look in the mirror and a recalibration of its moral compass not a basic ‘be kind’ mantra. I despise that term it means no such thing. It means shut up or else.

Off for a long walk.

The comments under the Times article are brutally accurate with the vast majority of people identifying this appointment for the charade that it is.

I thought we were past all this deleting of posts but I got deleted a few weeks ago on the rather spurious grounds of 'generalisation' so I suspect the monitors are still with us and reporting away. Hi lads!

See it as a badge of honour, BlueLegume ;)

And as for Steph advocating for women in Parliament, isn't this like white people speaking for black people?

That went well for Rachel Dolezal. Can someone tell me how this differs? I'll wait.

Anyone got a share token?

I think this is really concerning. The November 2023 thread was live when I posted it. It had a link to the car crash interview on WH when Steph and Jodie were interviewed live by Emma Barnett.

MN have since taken that thread down. It's deleting history.

I think we have seen enough evidence by now that when these men demand access to female representational roles, such as this role should be, that female people's issues are sidelined, or if not sidelined, not argued for with the background of knowledge usually gained from personal experience meaning that the results don't achieve the needed outcome.

All too often these positions are used by these men to progress their careers. Not to progress female people's needs.

Hence we continue to see the male 'women's officers' going on to achieve career path outcomes that surprisingly don't seem to replicated for female people in those positions.

I have reported your link and asked MNHQ to look at why the link is not working now. I cannot believe that they will have deleted it as there would be a message to that affect and there is not.

That thread survived heavy reporting at the time and still stood after moderation. I doubt that the guidelines have changed now that would make that thread problematic.

Given my user name, I would like to explain why I chose it. After my rather sudden introduction to trans ideas, I looked fairly deeply into those ideas, and also into the ideas of those who thought they were nonsense. I came to the conclusion that conservative ideas that we should fit into gender stereotypes were unhelpful to many people, including those with trans identities. I had long thought it ridiculous that gender stereotypes were so rigid. So from that perspective I was critical of the concept of gender as enforced by society.

But I couldn't see that trans thinking was any better. It too seemed to rely on the same gender stereotypes. It just flipped things so that it was considered a virtue to fit in with the stereotypes of the other sex. That's no improvement, indeed it's worse because it leads to some people going in for body-harming interventions. So I remain critical of the concept of gender stereotyping, and would like a society where people are free to accept their personalities without men trying desperately to pretend to be macho or to reject that to the extent of pretending to be meek all the time; and where women don't feel pressure to be quiet and self-effacing; and all the other stereotypes.

That is what I mean by being a gender critic, simply being critical of feminine/masculine stereotypes.

MN tell me the old thread is still there so here it is again 😀
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4943361-emma-barnett-interviews-endometriosis-south-coast-steph-richards-and-trustee-jodie-hughes

YAY!

Stand out quote from Steph's "all about me" page is:
" I can only beg parents that if their young (school-aged) son or daughter declares they have gender issues, take it seriously and be kind. If a boy says he is trans, it is likely true, but occasionally, girls change their minds a few years later, so extra care is required."

So if boys say they are trans, believe it. If girls say they are trans then it could be a phase so be careful?

Right.

This is Steph who likes to 'strut their stuff' in changing rooms.

Is he genuinely the best candidate regardless of his sex?
Pretty unlikely

Interesting. Is there any data to back this up?
Such as higher rates of de-transitioning in females? Adjusted for the numbers of male and female young people that transition?
Do more teenage girls transition than boys? If so, we could expect more female de-transitioners.

God it's just sickening.

So offensive.