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Period dignity – and the dignity goes to… a man!
The decision to employ a man to roll out important sex-specific legislation for women and girls is downright arrogant and dangerous, writes ALI MORRIS
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THE appointment of Jason Grant as regional period dignity officer for the Tay region in Scotland has provoked a backlash on a scale simply representing the anger, frustration and hurt long endured by women and girls who have decided that they have had enough.
The role, the first of its kind, was established through groundbreaking legislation which saw Scotland become the first country in the world to provide free and universal access to period products when it passed the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021, which came into effect recently on August 15.
Why, then, would a coveted role, so important in destigmatising periods and supporting women and girls, be given to a man?
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