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Male staff in women's refuges?

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FarNorth Fri 09-Feb-18 00:23:13

"Women’s Aid, a federation which oversees over 300 women’s only shelters and refuges are now reviewing their hiring policies to reconsider whether they should hire men who identify as women."

Here is info on the situation and an opportunity to join a petition against women's refuges employing male staff.

www.citizengo.org/en-gb/pc/156132-keep-men-out-womens-shelters?tc=tw&tcid=45190691

FarNorth Tue 13-Feb-18 00:28:04

Easier to clean! That's it. grin

Do men receive significantly lower pay than women, in any job you know of, simply because of being men? Do men feel equally outraged by that unfairness to women?

Do men feel themselves equally at risk? Aware of having little physical strength? Possibly unable to run away because of their "fashionable" shoes?

MissAdventure Tue 13-Feb-18 00:47:22

Easier to clean is the first thing I noticed too!

LumpySpacedPrincess Sat 17-Feb-18 17:42:44

Sex is a protected characteristic under the equality act, something that all political parties need to remember. Women are not there to validate men who are unhappy, particularly when they are at their most vulnerable. Women and girls deserve to retain their hard won, sex based rights. They deserve privacy and dignity. This rush to be inclusive is harmful to some of societies most vulnerable. This is not progress. 90% of trans women are heterosexual males who come out as lesbians. The days of the transsexuals we have always lived alongside are over, it's all about the inner feelz.