The organisation needed an activist
The new CEO of Endometriosis South Coast issues a “statement” i.e. a tweet.
Endometriosis South Coast (ESC) are a small local charity with an annual income of around £8000. Our team consists of six trustees and five volunteers, all of whom were assigned female at birth and myself.
None of us are paid a salary; we do it to improve the lives of those who suffer Endo.
In the UK, 10% of those assigned female at birth suffer from this awful disease, which, via the NHS, takes on average eight years to diagnose. The cost to the economy every year is £8.2 billion, but honestly, how do you put a price on pain?
Our chair at ESC suffers from Endo very severely and is currently working towards her endometriosis research PhD – understandably, she wants to take a step back.
The trustees decided that the organisation needed an activist with a proven record to drive the charity forward and advocate for a women’s health hub in our city, and when asked, I duly obliged – I feel very honoured; thank you @EndoSouthC
My birth sex doesn’t come into it …..my CV does.
CEO’s are appointed by boards/trustees because of their “skill set”, not because of their sex (note I have a GRC).
There are numerous examples of charities/organisations employing CEO’s whose sex doesn’t correspond with those they serve – look no further than Laura Kerby at Prostate Cancer UK and Simon Cook at MSI Reproductive Choices.
Many gynaecologists are men – I don’t see any headlines about them. Some midwives are men – I don’t see any headlines about them either. And how about the male paramedic who may deal with miscarriage or prolapse – there are no headlines about them either. Am I wrong?
No, I am not.
I do believe the complaints against me are transphobic @millihill @runthinkwrite @HJoyceGender @MForstater @helenstaniland will not agree, of course.
In my opinion, many charities have failed women. For example, in Spain, Japan, South Korea and Zambia, women have rights when experiencing disabling periods. Why are we not talking about this instead of publishing headlines about trans women?
We need to talk about #Endo and supporting #women much more. Women deserve ACTION – that is why ESC asked me to be their CEO.
Recently, I did an FOI to our local Portsmouth hospital, asking them how many women they treated in 2022 with Endo. The answer was 249 – I want to know why this figure was so low, so I have made another FOI digging deeper. To date, I am still waiting for a reply. This is what activists do!
Diversity should be seen as a strength. Stereotyping is wrong, and by appointing me as the CEO of ESC, I will look at the issues Endo suffers endure with a different perspective than others. Who can argue that is not a positive?
ESC are an inclusive charity, meaning we welcome EVERYONE with endo and adeno. We do not mind if you are straight, gay, black, trans, non-binary or whatever.
WE ARE HERE FOR YOU.
ALL OF YOU.
Finally, a massive thank you to the many people who have sent me messages of support (even GC people).
Best wishes, Steph
Sure, have lots of diversity – by hiring and appointing more women for instance. Hiring a man as CEO of a women’s charity isn’t “diversity” it’s “same old shit.” The fact that he calls himself a woman does not make him more “diversity.” It makes him more narcissistic displacer of women.
Who could argue that putting MRAs in charge of feminism, thus bringing a new perspective, that it is not a positive?
Who could argue that putting KKK in charge of the NAACP, giving it a new perspective, is not positive?
You could go on forever with this sort of question. A new perspective isn’t always a positive. A new perspective isn’t always needed.
It reminds me of stories I read about too few men going into OB/GYN these days. A young intern in the field (female) was moaning about the lack of men. She thought it would help to have a male perspective. Seriously? On what? This is a science based field, not an opinion column. It could be also mentioned how very many errors were made when men were in charge of OB/GYN.
It seems that the law regulating charities needs some attention, because it’s clear this one has an ulterior motive.
People in every field use jargon for brevity and clarity, but…I find this off-putting.
It comes across like the latest trend in the lifestyle section of the local paper, or maybe a hot new Korean boy-band.
I dunno, maybe it’s just me…
@3, it’s the same bunch that gave us “enby” to stand for non-binary. They love jargon for jargon’s sake.
Ya I don’t like it and haven’t been using it but I’ve gotten very tired of typing the whole word in the past few days. There’s something about that “metriosis” that my typing brain doesn’t like – it balks every time, like a horse balking at a high jump.
…and considering Endoscopy is an entire departing many hospitals…
When I hear endo by itself I immediately think of my dirt bike days as a kid. If you go over the handlebars and then your motorcycle goes over the top of you it’s known as an endo, which means end-over-end (luckily I never had the pleasure). I think I prefer endometriosis, because endo- can prefix many different things.
Deflection?
Dear Muslima?
(I could be wrong.)
I’m glad to hear other people hate that. It seems frivolous and dismissive of a serious problem. And I tend to think of Endoscopy when I hear endo, which is different than endometriosis. When I have trouble typing a word, I just type it once and then do copy-paste.
Karen the chemist:
An attempt at a Dear Muslima, perhaps, but let down by his poor writing skills. I think he may have meant that those charities have failed because the women in those countries don’t have rights. I would be generous and mark it up to a simple typo but the whole thing is terrible right from the first paragraph.
Eleven women assigned ‘myself’? I wasn’t aware that ‘myself’ was even an assigned category. I guess I must be a myselfophobe.
*crosses fingers for formatting*
Crossed fingers don’t work, I see.
Have you asked your colleagues for permission to use this phrasing when referring to them? It seems quite a disrespectful way to refer to women. You probably expect them to use your preferred pronouns; is this the terminology that they all prefer (not just tolerate)?
…and here you go diluting the vital health message in favour of gender bullshit.
I hate to break it to you; it’s still your current sex. You haven’t changed sex. You never will.
Well at least (here) he’s admitting he’s not a woman.
“(note, I have a GRC)” — Which is more valid than a birth certificate, obviously.
“I will look at the issues Endo suffers endure with a different perspective than others. Who can argue that is not a positive?” — Who can argue that seeing women’s medical issues through the lens of trans ideology is not a positive… anyone?
I can’t imagine what perspective he will have that will improve the way that endometriosis is treated, and research assigned. I can empathasize but only to a limited extent since my only experience of anyhting like that was when my ex- was hit by an IUD 75 miles from Dallas and we rushed her to the ER.
Yes, men can be gynecologists, but to truly be the head of such a specifically female reproductive system condition, the only diversity that should be taken into account is racial or cultural.
In a world where men can change their birth certificates to say “female”, and parents can change the sex listed on the birth certificates of their children because the children claim otherwise, and two men who jointly adopt a child can have one of their own names listed as “mother” on the child’s birth certificate instead of the name of the actual mother, I’m not sure the value of a birth certificate is what it used to be.