Mick Hartley

Men have been included in an inquiry about pain specific to women, rendering the whole thing completely useless unless you want to how women feel when hit in the balls. 🤷‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/uKdXDRWGEo

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Biological males who identify as female, and their doctors, are being encouraged to take part in a Victorian taxpayer-funded inquiry that was set up to investigate women’s pain, including chronic issues like endometriosis and menopause.

In a move that women’s advocates labelled “absurd”, the Allan government is calling for submissions from people with experience of women’s pain, including “anyone who identifies as a woman, though they may have a different sex at birth”.

The move has been panned by Women’s Forum Australia chief executive Rachael Wong, who said it “makes a mockery of women’s pain and women are understandably angry”.

“It’s absurd to have to state the obvious, but it is physiol­ogically impossible for men to experience female health conditions or the pain that comes with them,” she said.

“Many of these conditions, like endometriosis, fibroids and PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome), have a devastating impact on women’s quality of life, yet are under-diagnosed and under-treated.

“Just when it looks like they may be taking women’s health issues seriously, the government wants men to have their say. It’s insulting.”