A decision to appoint a man as Scotland's first period poverty tsar has been slammed by tennis legend Martina Navratilova amid calls for a woman to be given the role.Former personal trainer Jason Grant was appointed the Tay region's period dignity officer on the same day the law offering free period products to all in need of them was launched.However his appointment has caused outrage with one of the greatest tennis players of all time calling it "f*****g ridiculous."Grant's role will include promoting access to free sanitary products in schools and colleges across Tayside, while he will also discuss issues around the menopause.
On Monday Scotland became the first country in the world to protect the right to free period products in law.The Period Products Act has now come into force meaning councils and education providers will be legally required to make free sanitary products available to those who need them.Many women took to social media expressing their anger at Grant's appointment.Navratilova tweeted: "Have we ever tried to explain to men how to shave or how to take care of their prostate or whatever?!?
This is absurd."While, Actress Frances Barber criticised the appointment, she tweeted: “I don’t know how Scottish women feel about this, but as an English lover of Scotland, I’m fuming."Another Twitter user said: "Come on, somebody’s taking the p***.
As part of the SNP’s approach to delivering period dignity, a Dundee man has taken on a pioneering new role."Jason Grant is the newly appointed period dignity officer for the Tay region – the first role of its kind in Scotland."While the SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford said the post "should ideally taken up by women".He added: "I think it's important that we
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