Critics are accusing the Scottish National Party council of “institutionalized mansplaining” after appointing a man as the country's first “period dignity officer.”
Jason Grant was given the position for the Tay region of Scotland and will be responsible for promoting access to free sanitary products and encouraging open discussion surrounding menstruation and menopause under the country’s newly passed “Period Products Act.”
“Have we ever tried to explain to men how to shave, or how to take care of their prostate, or whatever?” Wimbledon star Martina Navratilova tweeted in reaction to Grant’s appointment. “This is absurd.” Assumed @TitaniaMcGrath level of satire, but less witty. Now I'm assured below is true. When Welsh gov's period campaign addressed people who bleed & failed to mention women/girls, we thought it=peek gender idiocy. But oh no, hold my beer, Scottish gov here to ramp up indignity https://t.co/gNswdpY5bMWhile some defended the move as important for educating men, author Susan Dalgety called it nothing more than “institutionalized mansplaining.
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