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A thought experiment
Board meeting
Female board member (SK) on new equality strategy, SK says as a woman she can say something that a man can not
Board meeting
Female board member (SK) on new equality strategy, SK says as a woman she can say something that a man can not
SK expressed support for the I&D work. She expressed the wish that they be mindful of the current public conversations around gender equality but be prepared to be bold in challenging any direction of travel that focused only on gender to the exclusion of others
Discuss
Ok or not ok?
what do you think @DianeLeicester @tase3121 @Ral_sez @elsygomezcampos @SelinaUllah @liz_fidler @NomaPropharmace
Ok or not ok?
what do you think @DianeLeicester @tase3121 @Ral_sez @elsygomezcampos @SelinaUllah @liz_fidler @NomaPropharmace
I think this would both never be said and if it were it would be immediately challenged by other board members
On the surface this looks fine, but no one would ever say this because we know gender covers huge diversity. It’s not a homogenous group. It only works if there’s an unconscious bias that the group is singular. that they don’t also have class, disability, age etc that also impact
Such a position would seek to establish a false position that parallel work cannot happen, or that focus on gender would diminish work on other areas. Net effect is to reduce the focus on gender
However many learned pharmacists and board members of @rpharms have publicly come out to say this is ok to say and they support it if we substitute gender for race. This position only works if you have an unconscious bias of homogeneity towards that group
it doesn’t actually stand up to scrutiny if said for gender, so why is it ok to say this for race?
Or am I getting this all wrong?
@elsygomezcampos @Ral_sez @BPCollective_ @the_pda @DrDianeAshiru @tase3121 @NomaPropharmace @BPSA @clarehm123
Or am I getting this all wrong?
@elsygomezcampos @Ral_sez @BPCollective_ @the_pda @DrDianeAshiru @tase3121 @NomaPropharmace @BPSA @clarehm123
