Gender Ideology and Rape Crisis

Graham Linehan explains the background to Mridul Wadhwa's controversial appointment and role as the Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre

An interesting piece.

https://grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/mridrul-wadha-sacro-and-the-14-million

Mridul Wadhwa, SACRO and the £1.4 million contract

Shocking new developments in the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Scandal

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Mridul Wadhwa is the trans-identified male CEO of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre. As has been much reported, he made some deeply alarming comments when appearing on The Guilty Feminist podcast earlier this month.

The Times Scotland @thetimesscot

The head of Edinburgh Rape Crisis has claimed that “bigoted” people seeking help from her organisation could be “challenged on their prejudices” in an apparent comment on trans rights and women-only spaces

thetimes.co.uk‘Bigoted people may be challenged’: Comments by trans head of Edinburgh Rape Crisis sparks controversyThe head of one of Scotland’s largest rape crisis centres has claimed that “bigoted” people seeking help from her organisation could be “challenged on their pre

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We have reported on Mridul Wadhwa in the past, making the following points:

• He has no GRC so is still legally male.

• He lied about his sex to secure a job at Forth Valley Rape Crisis Centre.

• He objected to an amendment allowing rape victims to choose the sex of the medical clinician examining them.

• Pursuing political ambitions, he took a place on an SNP all-women shortlist.

• He has demonstrated a shocking lack of knowledge regarding legislation that affects women’s services, a sector in which he’s worked for over a decade.

• He is ‘disappointed’ by the single-sex provisions allowed for in the Equality Act 2010 and finds them ‘discriminatory’ against transwomen.

• He sided with serial litigant and period-obsessed paedophile, Jonathan Yaniv, against a group of migrant women.

• He seems to think it suitable to discuss whether rape victims experience orgasm.
  

If Wadhwa’s contempt for women wasn’t already apparent, his appearance on The Guilty “Feminist” Podcast made it perfectly clear. (For Women Scotland have compiled a transcript of the entire broadcast.) Denying that women who’ve suffered male violence need female-only spaces, he made this shocking statement:

“Sexual violence happens to bigoted people as well… If you bring unacceptable beliefs that are discriminatory in nature, we will begin to work with you on your journey of recovery from trauma. But please also expect to be challenged on your prejudices… You have to reframe your trauma… To me, therapy is political”.