Fetish gear in the workplace
Sigh. Gosh, yes, why shouldn’t men be allowed to dress up as parody prostitutes at work?
A minister has told civil servants that they are not allowed to come into work wearing ‘fetish clothing’, after a war erupted over dress code regulations.
Employees in the Department for Work and Pensions are said to have objected to the ‘highly inappropriate’ workwear of a fellow official which prompted a Tory peer to ask the Government about its ‘policy on civil servants wearing fetish clothing in the workplace’.
It is understood that Baroness Jenkin of Kennington tabled the unusual question to reflect her general concerns about the dress code and also in response to the specific issues raised by civil servants about one Whitehall diversity ambassador.
Ah yes the diversity ambassador…meaning, not working class, not female, not from Jamaica, but a man who dresses up as a parody of women who sell themselves for sex. How diverse.
Saorsa-Amatheia Tweedale, a trans woman who works for the DWP, has previously come under fire for saying that trans children’s demands for puberty blockers should take precedence over their ‘parents’ will’.
The name is a jokey insult too.
The civil servant, who co-chairs the Civil Service LGBT+ network, has also been criticised for linking women’s rights groups to the far-Right and suggesting they are calling for trans genocide
And the Mail on Sunday last month revealed Tweedale, 58, is facing controversy in the workplace as fellow staff members say their colleague regularly wears fishnet tights, low-cut black corsets, high heels and a gothic choker with a pentagram to work…
As women don’t.
Last month Tweedale was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Bradford in recognition of a career which has ‘helped people through trade unionism’ and also ‘her diversity and equality work’.
Of course he was.
I don’t get the joke. Saorsa-Amatheia Tweedale?
I said jokey. Not quite the same as “a/the joke” – which it’s not. Facetious. I’m sure you can figure out how it’s facetious.
Yes, clearly he’s having fun with his made-up name.
Having fun but also jeering. It’s always a deliberate insult to women, this kind of crap.
Wikipedia: Amatheia (Ancient Greek: Ἀμάθεια means ‘rears, nurses’ or ‘she is sparkling water'[1]) was the “fair-tressed” Nereid[2] and was described to have “azure locks luxuriant”
Google says Saorsa means “freedom” or “liberty” in Gaelic.
My first Google result for Tweedale:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquess_of_Tweeddale
@4: Well yes. And I can’t think of a single female impersonator of men who has adopted a name that insults men.
Tweedaledum & Tweedaledee.
I suspect he likes the ‘twee’. The proper spelling of ’Tweedale’ is ‘Tweed-dale’ or ’Tweeddale’. – the valley of the river Tweed in the Scottish border area. So one might wonder if ‘twee dale’ has some particular connotation for our hero.
Germany is a lot more progressive. Our Parliament member “Tessa” Ganserer participates in committee meetings in lingerie as you can see here (“Emma” is a German feminist magazine)
https://www.emma.de/artikel/trans-gesetz-finale-340755
OTOH, our minister of foreign affairs gets criticized for wearing shoulder-free dresses or sneakers or a beige pants suit.
Nothing makes it more clear that trans women are not seen as women than the different treatment they get…