Backlash after a man is appointed Scotland's first 'period dignity officer'

SKY News ^ | August 16, 2022 | By James Matthews

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The appointment of a man as Scotland's first "period dignity officer" has provoked widespread criticism.

Critics say the job should have gone to a woman and former tennis star Martina Navratilova has labelled the appointment of Jason Grant "f****** ridiculous".

Mr Grant, a former personal trainer, has been given the job of promoting access to free sanitary products in schools and colleges across the Tay region.

The role also includes discussing issues around the menopause.

His appointment comes as Scotland becomes the first country in the world to introduce a law to widen access, free of charge, to sanitary products.

The Scottish Government's Period Products Act means that councils and places of education must make items, such as tampons, free to people who need them

Mr Grant's job title is Period Dignity Regional Lead Officer, the first role of its kind in Scotland.

[Laslo Fripp]

What does a Scotsman have under his kilt?

… A STRING, A STRING….

[HartleyMBaldwin]

That’s going to escape a lot of people. Probably just as well.

[Osage Orange]

LOL!!!!

[jocon307]

Scotland seems to have become a complete mess. Watch Trainspotting, they’re a nation of junkies on the dole. Now they can’t even manage menstruation without government aid.

As someone (forget who, it might have been Mark Steyn, but really not sure) once pointed out, for ages they were among the greatest inventors and innovators. Now they’ll never accomplish anything of note again.

Except putting a man in charge of the welfare Tampons. Britain should be happy to let them leave.

[jocon307]

“There has got to be a way for Conservatives to profit off the decline of the West.”

Maybe we’ll be able to sell contraband in the gulag, but otherwise I wouldn’t count on it.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

LOL! I get it!

[ridesthemiles]

DISGUSTING-—cannot believe either of those 2 are getting oxygen.

[ridesthemiles]

Sean Connery will have fun with this !!!!!

[suijuris]

Can't speak for Scotland, but there are more than a few countries in the EU with controlled access public toilet facilities. For example, in the Netherlands and Belgium, it is pay up or crap your pants in public places like train stations, etc. Surely freely accessible public restrooms is a human right that should take priority over free feminine hygiene products.

[CaptainPhilFan]

Thank you, thank you very much. I’m here all week, try the veal.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Which Scottish period will he focus on first?

The MacAlpin Dynasty
The Wars of Independence
The Scottish Reformation
The Union of Crowns
The National Covenant
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms
The Union of Parliaments
The Jacobite Rebellions
The Highland Clearances

[rxh4n1]

That’s going to escape a lot of people. Probably just as well.

The late Sonny Barger would not be amused.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Yeah, the reference wasn’t about work boots.

[BlackbirdSST]

Any man that would accept this job...isn’t really much of a man.

Pay me enough and I'd...nah!