Taking the pledge

Has there ever been an NHS badge signifying a pledge to show support for women?

Some NHS staff won’t want to take that pledge because of the way the T bullies and coerces and threatens women. What will happen to them if they refuse? Will they be reported and punished? Will they be fired?

What’s a “true self”? What does it mean for people to be free to be their “true selves”? What does it have to do with the NHS?

Badge up or be fired yeah?

Comments

8 responses to “Taking the pledge”

  1. Holms Avatar

    Absence of approved ornamentation is hatred.

  2. Sackbut Avatar

    Wear the badge. Make the hand sign. Say the pledge. Salute the flag. Sing the anthem. Put the rainbow colors on your products. Put the flag on your vehicle. Fail to do any of these things and you will pay the price. You don’t have to do anything else; just show fealty.

  3. iknklast Avatar

    Sackbut, sort of like Trump waving around a Bible he almost certainly never read?

  4. Rob Avatar

    Staff and patients alike should be free to be their true selves, safe in the knowledge that they will be listened to and not judged.

    Does this mean that if their true selves is supporting women’s rights or gay/lesbian rights, they can badge up accordingly?

    No, apparently not.

  5. Jib Halyard Avatar

    Is it just a coincidence that Scotland, with its long history of protestant puritanism, seems to be such a hotbed of gender ideology?

  6. Ophelia Benson Avatar

    Good question. I keep wondering why Scotland.

  7. Sackbut Avatar

    Re “true selves”, I saw these recent article that I thought was decent:

    Why Your ‘True Self’ is an Illusion

  8. latsot Avatar

    Re why Scotland:

    I don’t know. But a lot of Scottish people have said that Sturgeon’s rule is itself very cultish. We saw this with her treatment of Joanna Cherry, for example. This could be part of the cause. Or a symptom.