Ayesha Hazarika, a member of the Fawcett Society Board, wrote a piece in the Evening Standard - person point of view. She wants us all to be kind and empathetic...
She even wrote: "“Where is your courage?” furious gender critical women raged at me. It’s a fair question and I’ll answer it today in an entirely personal capacity. Hands up. Guilty as charged. Squeak squeak. I’m absolutely terrified about this debate. Even as I type, my anxiety levels are through the roof. I’m braced for the inevitable, merciless online abuse. I even booked in an emergency session with my therapist to work out a coping strategy for my mental health. Does this sound right to you? No. Because it’s not. This debate has become utterly toxic." And " I’m part of a wonderful Facebook group of older women celebrating confidence in our “hot girl years”, AKA the menopause. Trans women are not only welcome, they are cherished — we have all learned from their stories and world class ability to accessorise."
But she doesn't understand how or why so many of us are angry. She had also insulted transwomen who are also livid that the only thing they are capable of is "accessorising"!
My friend Ada was the CEO of a large energy firm for a number of years who then left to set up her own company with well over 100 employees. Yes, she is great at looking good, but that is an aside to her brain power, her business acumen and her sheer all round supportive behaviour towards me growing up.
If this is the capability of some of the Board members of the Fawcett Society, we may wait a long time for a sensible statement.
In the meantime, I have stopped my monthly subscription in disgust.
Hopefully more women will vote through their bank account until they get the message - Maya, Allison and other women are courageous and should be supported and celebrated by the Fawcett Society as I am sure Millicent Fawcett would have done.
Ah yes, that’s the main thing I worry about, running my own business, doing my best for elderly disabled parents, etc etc- whether my ‘ability to accessorise’ is ‘world class’ 🤮
Ayesha Hazarika, a member of the Fawcett Society Board, wrote a piece in the Evening Standard - person point of view. She wants us all to be kind and empathetic...
She even wrote: "“Where is your courage?” furious gender critical women raged at me. It’s a fair question and I’ll answer it today in an entirely personal capacity. Hands up. Guilty as charged. Squeak squeak. I’m absolutely terrified about this debate. Even as I type, my anxiety levels are through the roof. I’m braced for the inevitable, merciless online abuse. I even booked in an emergency session with my therapist to work out a coping strategy for my mental health. Does this sound right to you? No. Because it’s not. This debate has become utterly toxic." And " I’m part of a wonderful Facebook group of older women celebrating confidence in our “hot girl years”, AKA the menopause. Trans women are not only welcome, they are cherished — we have all learned from their stories and world class ability to accessorise."
But she doesn't understand how or why so many of us are angry. She had also insulted transwomen who are also livid that the only thing they are capable of is "accessorising"!
My friend Ada was the CEO of a large energy firm for a number of years who then left to set up her own company with well over 100 employees. Yes, she is great at looking good, but that is an aside to her brain power, her business acumen and her sheer all round supportive behaviour towards me growing up.
If this is the capability of some of the Board members of the Fawcett Society, we may wait a long time for a sensible statement.
In the meantime, I have stopped my monthly subscription in disgust.
Hopefully more women will vote through their bank account until they get the message - Maya, Allison and other women are courageous and should be supported and celebrated by the Fawcett Society as I am sure Millicent Fawcett would have done.
Ah yes, that’s the main thing I worry about, running my own business, doing my best for elderly disabled parents, etc etc- whether my ‘ability to accessorise’ is ‘world class’ 🤮