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Home » News » Kemi Badenoch dismisses menopause leave for most ridiculous reason

Kemi Badenoch dismisses menopause leave for most ridiculous reason

"Not the ministerial brief: - politicising menopause as part of the Culture Wars"

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
March 9, 2023
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Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch rejected calls to make it illegal to discriminate against people going through the menopause, in a very testy select committee hearing.

She dismissed suggestions that the government should pilot menopause leave, complaining it was being proposed from “a leftwing perspective”.

The committee urged the government to trial “specific menopause leave so that women are not forced out of work by insensitive and rigid sickness policies”.

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Arguing that it was a matter of philosophical perspective, she told Labour’s Carolyn Harris: “You’re speaking from a leftwing perspective on creating something. I’m speaking from centre-right perspective. I think that influences the approach that you take. I do not think that creating another pilot on more leave is what is going to help women who have the menopause.”

Equality law

Badenoch also clashed with fellow Tory Caroline Nokes, during the hearing, when she dismissed the idea that the menopause should be given protected status under equality law.

She said: “We have so many things that people ask for protected characteristics – carers, single people, having ginger hair, being short, all sorts of things that people ask for as protected characteristics.

“Creating a new special characteristic for the menopause is a complete misunderstanding of what protected characteristics are, they are immutable characteristics, we have nine of them that cover everyone.”

“The menopause can be dealt with, alongside three existing ones: age, sex, and disability, because it is a health condition and many disabilities are health conditions.”

Watch

Quite the clash at the Women and Equalities Committee where Kemi Badenoch accused Carolyn Harris of "speaking from a left wing perspective" after calling for a pilot on menopause leave pic.twitter.com/iCIycz5e62

— Alexander Brown (@AlexofBrown) March 1, 2023

Reactions

1.

If you’re in the centre, or on the left, Kemi Badenoch says you’re not allowed to have thoughts about the menopause 🙂👇 https://t.co/fwClxCMVcG

— Sustainable Energy Forum (@Eddystone506) March 2, 2023

2.

This is about power, pure and simple. Badenoch is simply not humble enough, or self aware enough to realise that her position as a Minister is a privilege and she would do well to take on board the Committee's huge experience on women's issues.

She is too arrogant to realise.

— Lover of Trees 🌳🐾🐴 (@gwtreelover) March 2, 2023

3.

Another Tory totally out of their depth. Pathetic.

— DavRem (@turntruenorth) March 1, 2023

4.

Kemi Badenoch quickly corrected herself from “right wing perspective” to “centre right”. She is hard right, if anything.

— McBea (@Mcbeath_on_sea) March 1, 2023

5.

Do right-of-centre women not go through the menopause? Do they outsource their menopause to the lowest bidder?

— Steven Thomas (@TheStevenThomas) March 1, 2023

6.

I do NOT want Badenoch legislating for my rights.

She demonstrates the appalling arrogance of her male colleagues, and should be nowhere near this brief.

I’m so glad I’m past my Left Wing menopause !

— Susana Fiscal-Drag 💙🇺🇦🇪🇺🇪🇸 (@Spanglish51) March 2, 2023

7.

It’s a fact only left wing women suffer from the menopause.

— Jacq Dodman 🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@jacqdodman) March 1, 2023

8.

The ministerial brief:
– developing an equalities policy that it is based on individual autonomy and dignity
– promoting equality of opportunity for everyone

Not the ministerial brief:
– politicising menopause as part of the Culture Wars

— clarie b (@clarie_bee) March 1, 2023

Rude but does this sum up the last couple of days?

Last 24hrs:

Lee Anderson claims foodbank users go to McDonalds 2-3 times weekly.

Gavin Williamson & Hancock’s staggering attacks on teachers exposed.

Kemi Badenoch, Minister for Women, says supporting women through menopause in the workplace is left-wing.

Fuck the Tories.

— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael_Swindon) March 2, 2023

Related: 30p Lee Anderson pic with ‘our future’ lampooned & he slams food bank users

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