"Recent York graduate here. Just had a statement through from them, looks like they're sticking to their guns on this one!
"Dear Student, Many of you will be aware that the University has been the subject of online comment in recent days around the withdrawal of the Equality & Diversity Committee’s statement to mark International Men’s Day (19 November). The University has already acknowledged that the statement caused distress to some members of the University community and has apologised for this...
We welcome open and respectful debate on all issues, but over the last few days the nature of that debate in social media has resulted in a distortion of, and distraction from, the core equality issues that the University is seeking to highlight.
Our intention throughout has been to raise awareness of gender equality issues as part of our work to address all nine protected characteristics covered by the Equality Act. The focus of this work has been and will remain the inequalities faced by women, and in particular the under-representation of women in the senior academic and managerial ranks.
At the same time, where appropriate we will continue to raise other gender equality issues; one example of these is the comparative reluctance of men to access mental health provision as and when they need it.
The University’s overriding goal is to ensure that every member of the University community is treated with dignity and respect. We ask all staff and students to abide by this.""
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