Dozens of councils, universities, police forces and fire services have developed ‘male menopause’ policies, a Mail audit has revealed, sparking anger from women’s rights group and fresh concerns about shirking and inefficiency among public employees.
In what critics described as a “further erosion of women’s rights”, a string of public bodies have drawn up ‘woke’ protocols that insist “men may also experience menopause symptoms”.
Many recommend offering special treatment to help middle-aged men cope with everything from poor sleep to mood swings.
Guidelines issued to managers include letting sufferers work from home or start late, with employers warned that the effects from falling testosterone levels can last “for up to 20 years”.
The Mail’s audit found widespread inclusion of men in menopause guidelines for public employers – even though the male menopause is not a clinically recognised condition.
Recommendations include letting firefighters swap shifts or “work from home on an ad hoc basis if they’ve had a rough night”.
Police forces in the U.K. and Ireland are being encouraged to adopt “agile and flexible” working practices to “help, support, and guide all officers” dealing with menopause, regardless of gender.
Meanwhile, several councils and numerous universities have adopted their own male menopause policies, which critics say are leaving women fighting for “ownership of something which is biologically female”.
Caroline ffiske, from campaign group Conservatives For Women, said the wokery undid “years of fighting for menopause recognition”.
She said: “It’s absolutely ludicrous to take the female menopause and extend that concept to men.
“Women can’t have anything of their own. They can’t have their own spaces, they can’t have their own words and now they can’t even have their own recognition of their bodily differences.
“It’s absurd and insulting to women that we now have to fight for our illnesses and conditions and further erosion of women’s rights.”
East Midlands Ambulance Service is reportedly allowing men to take up to a year’s paid leave if they are ill.
There is no legal obligation for organisations to publish menopause policies, so this is likely to be only the tip of the iceberg, the Mail adds.
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Try as I may, I really cant conjure up any scenario where a firefighter could ‘work from home on an ad-hoc basis,’ unless of course he/she set their own gaff on fire.
Just when you think things can’t get any crazier, up pops something to prove you wrong.
Try pulling this stunt in the private sector.
This is where going back to basic and irrefutable biological facts come into play. Andropause has always been an established thing but it certainly cannot be likened to women’s menopause, with many women suffering hot flashes and night sweats that can impair their quality of life. By the way, I also don’t think women should be taking time off work for the menopause, this seems a relatively new thing. There are many ways in which women can counter the unpleasant effects of menopause, and most do not involve medication. I’ve worked with loads of menopausal women and they each cope in different ways but they never rang in sick over it. Here’s the good old NHS describing the male andropause;
”The “male menopause” (sometimes called the andropause) is an unhelpful term sometimes used in the media.
This label is misleading because it suggests the symptoms are the result of a sudden drop in testosterone in middle age, similar to what occurs in the female menopause. This is not true.
Although testosterone levels fall as men age, the decline is steady at about 1% a year from around the age of 30 to 40, and this is unlikely to cause any problems in itself.
A testosterone deficiency that develops later in life, also known as late-onset hypogonadism, can sometimes be responsible for these symptoms, but in many cases the symptoms are nothing to do with hormones.
Some men develop depression, loss of sex drive, erectile dysfunction, and other physical and emotional symptoms when they reach their late 40s to early 50s.
Other symptoms common in men this age are:
These symptoms can interfere with everyday life and happiness, so it’s important to find the underlying cause and work out what can be done to resolve it.”
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/male-menopause/
Yawn – just as women use menopause (and child-bearing) as excuses for putting on weight! Here’s a revolutionary statement. Men who have large bellies/man boobs/loss of muscle mass are simply eating and/or drinking too much and not getting enough exercise. But, just like women, a lot of them don’t want to hear it.
Yes that’s correct. Why have so many people turned into pathetic snowflakes these days? Take some ownership over your health FGS. Now we’re medicalizing something which even the NHS admits is not related to hormones but has its roots in a myriad of other possible causes, such as what you mention, which certainly sounds like a good place to start. I would also add poorly managed stress as a likely cause. Women seem generally better at opening up to friends and colleagues about stuff, also initiating doctor’s appointments or seeking counseling. Men not so much as they tend to internalise their problems and not speak about their feelings. How can this not impact on physical health at some stage?
All funded by the taxpayer – just add it to the list.
The sooner public services are returned to the competitive, free market, private sector – whence they came – and get these blood-sucking public servants of the public payroll, the better.
And the Conservative branded government will do …… nothing.
Absolute insanity. But then there shouldn’t be any ‘female menopause’ policies either. Menopause is a normal stage of life and, for the vast majority of women there is no reason for menopause to need time off work. I never took a day off during mine, and if some women do have such debilitating symptoms that they are unable to work (appreciate we’re not all the same) then they should simply get a sick note from the doctor.
It is an excuse to start medicating half the population after a certain age. Follow the money.
As a woman, if I went to my gp demanding a prostate check because I am a certain age, I would be laughed out of the surgery. However, if I was male, and went in complaining about the menopause, or, if I was a male who was pretending to be a woman, and demanded some kind of gynaecological check, (to support me in my fantasy/mental illness) I would probably be humoured and treated with sympathy. Wokeness only seems to work in certain directions.
Only because the doc would be sued if he did not take your ideas seriously. It is much easier for the doc to go along with the delusions & pass on the problem to his colleagues.
Watching the people in the market today walking past our local trans with a beard, long hair in a pony tail, a tartan mini skirt high heels & tights none of them gave him a second glance which is why they have to develop ever more extreme plans to be noticed as most are sad and lonely people.
I do wonder if they are hoping that their male patterned baldness will be reversed by taking female hormones. Won’t be able to change the size of their feet though.
Yes you can bet your bottom dollar that the men who have ‘periods’ will also want a piece of the menopause action.
I mean, just because it has “men” in the word, for fluff’s sake!
Is it just a coincidence that all these ‘work when you like it’ policies are in the public sector? When you don’t have to produce the revenues to cover the costs you incur it’s all so easy to waste money.
We are coming to a point where the entire public sector need to lose their jobs. Surely all this is just plain idiocy by people who cannot even do their jobs properly. All of the public services are now useless, yet we still pay? It is time to shut off the money.
Which ‘Charity’ has this nonsense come from..? Stonewall, or someone else.?
This is bollocks isn’t it? Or at least something to do with them.
ha ha ha ah jeezus. ——-Yesterday at the Pharmacist getting a flu jag I was asked was I white, male , mixed race……. de da de da. ——-I said politely “Can I just stop you right there, and can we bypass all of this stuff please”? ——-The lady scrolled down and said “Oh yes there is a bit that says would you prefer not to answer”. I said ” I refuse to answer nonsense like this thankyou”. Then she got on with the job of giving me an injection. There is only one way to STOP this garbage and that is to refuse to indulge their wokery
Always the public services, free from the financial imperative. Spend more, tax more, never mind the cost.
If women can get special treatment then so should men.
It’s about equality.