I recently spent a long time in hospital, with cancer. I can’t imagine being bathed and washed by men. And I don’t have any sexual or violent trauma. Jesus Christ, when I was shrivelled to a grey, nauseous husk by chemo, if a man pretending to be a woman showed up to perform intimate care I’d have fucking wailed. Why can’t they just let us be? No man wanting to do that can be doing so from a good place in a good heart.
I quite agree, SJO. I can't imagine many women being okay with males, however they present or 'identify', providing intimate care, but when so ill & vulnerable or having suffered the trauma of male violence, it's just unthinkable. And as you so rightly say, nobody who has genuine compassion or consideration would expect their feelings to be elevated above the patient's. I'm so sorry for what you've had to face & I sincerely hope that you are much better and enjoying sunnier skies now. Take good care xx
Tragic set of circumstances, how do "those" that need, those who are paid to protect the vulnerable not see the need to work with the reality of the circumstances for vulnerable people?!! PC brigade one step too too far in my book........men in women's spaces is not right on so many levels, too many levels.
I constantly swing between rage, disbelief and heartbreak. This letter triggered all three. Virtue signalling at the expense of vulnerable and powerless women. Why do these people love male women and despise female women. Another story yesterday about a menstruation charity appointing a Tim to their board. He received 1300 messages of support and congratulations on his appointment, most telling him how beautiful and inspirational he was. The actual women who were appointed got between 2 and 16 messages of support. That tells us everything about this movement and the people who support it.
Trying to have a sensible, informed conversation with those who have bought into this regressive and harmful ideology is reminiscent of that Ted scene, "These are small, those are far away". You get the same blank expression.
I had a look at the equality monitoring form in their job application:
https://twitter.com/zeno001/status/1301271541800407040
I recently spent a long time in hospital, with cancer. I can’t imagine being bathed and washed by men. And I don’t have any sexual or violent trauma. Jesus Christ, when I was shrivelled to a grey, nauseous husk by chemo, if a man pretending to be a woman showed up to perform intimate care I’d have fucking wailed. Why can’t they just let us be? No man wanting to do that can be doing so from a good place in a good heart.
I quite agree, SJO. I can't imagine many women being okay with males, however they present or 'identify', providing intimate care, but when so ill & vulnerable or having suffered the trauma of male violence, it's just unthinkable. And as you so rightly say, nobody who has genuine compassion or consideration would expect their feelings to be elevated above the patient's. I'm so sorry for what you've had to face & I sincerely hope that you are much better and enjoying sunnier skies now. Take good care xx
Tragic set of circumstances, how do "those" that need, those who are paid to protect the vulnerable not see the need to work with the reality of the circumstances for vulnerable people?!! PC brigade one step too too far in my book........men in women's spaces is not right on so many levels, too many levels.
Trans-women are not women period !
I constantly swing between rage, disbelief and heartbreak. This letter triggered all three. Virtue signalling at the expense of vulnerable and powerless women. Why do these people love male women and despise female women. Another story yesterday about a menstruation charity appointing a Tim to their board. He received 1300 messages of support and congratulations on his appointment, most telling him how beautiful and inspirational he was. The actual women who were appointed got between 2 and 16 messages of support. That tells us everything about this movement and the people who support it.
Trying to have a sensible, informed conversation with those who have bought into this regressive and harmful ideology is reminiscent of that Ted scene, "These are small, those are far away". You get the same blank expression.