Forwomen.scot

 

3 December 2021

 

Forwomen.scot

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RT @Polly_Evans: BBC report on whether Scottish school sex survey is too explicit for kids contains the sentence - ‘Warning: This story contains adult language’ - answering its own questions… https://t.co/X0Obmp...

December 3rd @ 5:03 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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This is the following letter which is going out to parents at an Edinburgh school regarding the guidance. As we have mentioned, it is an opt out, not a case of giving permission. This is highly problematic administratively for schools. ...

December 3rd @ 4:05 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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Well, we are very relieved to hear that the FM disapproves of science denial & conspiracy theories. Now, about biology - esp sex - & statements made by MSPs, MPs, & ministers promoting ludicrous ideas about the funding of LGB and women's ...

December 3rd @ 2:24 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @LabWomenDec: Message of support from @joannaccherry to a union whose leadership would probably throw her under a bus. We trust another local branch @ucuedinburgh with its dire track record on women's rights appreciates her solidarity. ...

December 3rd @ 2:14 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @Jebadoo2: 🧵1/ Hey Everyone, This is our response to the Government's consultation on banning Conversion Therapy by a grassroots collection of gay men and out supports. If you would like to be a public signatory to this please say so in comments. ...

December 3rd @ 2:13 pm |

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RT @CallieMac88: Do all who worship at the alter of gender ideology have issues with comprehension or just the ‘special’ ones?🤷🏻‍♀️ Maybe if I light a gender beacon I’ll understand how she deduced this from parents expressing concern about elements ...

December 3rd @ 2:12 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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BBC reporting on the school census row. Scot Gov are claiming it is voluntary. What they do not say is that it has to be opted out of, rather than permission/consent given. https://t.co/FHJTaI...

December 3rd @ 2:12 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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So pleased to see the @TheEconomist putting their finger on the problems of conflating talking therapy for gender confused patients with conversion therapy. "Putting the force of the law behind unproved medical treatments is wrong." ...

December 3rd @ 11:49 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @LustraSmallFry: This is Karen Adam calling parents concerns Pearl Clutching & fudging the change in threshold age from 16 to 14 the change in questions the change in confidentiality Are these questions to be followed by a push to reduce the ...

December 3rd @ 9:46 am |

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RT @AcrossParents: 2 adults talking about their very personal experiences and how answering the Scot Gov survey would have made them feel. Without adequate support for the children answering these questions, we risk re traumatising them and ...

December 3rd @ 6:21 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @hightreebud: @crit_gen No point asking @rapecrisisscot, who wrote to MSPs asking them to vote AGAINST the wishes of their own survivor group to be able to chose the sex of their medical examiner. Clearly, the survivors must be all bigots in need ...

December 3rd @ 4:18 am |

Forwomen.scot

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For people in Scottish politics & journalism dishonestly trying to misrepresent objections to the survey, this is a good outline of the feminist position on sex ed. If you have to lie about what women believe, perhaps consider you don't have a ...

December 3rd @ 3:47 am |

Forwomen.scot

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We say they fundamentally misunderstand the issue - very much in favour of proper sex ed, not in favour of data collection with dubious handling policy & no ethical review - get called "wallopers" and "extremist loonies". As we're talking ...

December 3rd @ 2:47 am |

Forwomen.scot

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And once again for the benefit of Rosa, Sinead and anyone else who, apparently, works with politicians, this is NOT an education programme but an unsupported survey. If you don't even understand the fundamentals, it's probably best not to parade ...

December 3rd @ 2:34 am |