Council’s ‘7 dwarves of menopause’ training blasted as ‘nonsense’ as taxpayer-funded courses costing thousands exposed

IT’S off to woke we go after a council gave Snow White’s Seven Dwarfs new names such as Itchy, Bitchy and Bloated — to teach staff about the menopause. The fairytale characters were relabelled as apparent symptoms. A woke council gave Snow White’s Seven Dwarfs new names such as Itchy, Bitchy and Bloated — to teach staff about the menopause Credit: Alamy Staff at Basildon Council in Essex were told ‘doctors are not experts’ when it comes to changes in women’s bodies Credit: Alamy Psycho, Forgetful and Sweaty also replaced old favourites such as Happy, Bashful and Sneezy. Staff at Basildon Council in Essex were told “doctors are not experts” when it comes to changes in women’s bodies and that “68 per cent are not up to speed”. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! The Let’s Talk Menopause presentation says women are embarrassed to speak to GPs. It was among diversity and inclusion courses at councils costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of pounds. READ MORE ON WOKE BRITAIN Shadow local government secretary Sir James Cleverly told The Sunday Telegraph: “Hard-working taxpayers are having to pay for absurd nonsense like this. “It is wrong — not to mention dangerous — to argue doctors are not experts.” Other council sessions saw staff in Bury, Gtr Manchester, asked to “pick the criminal” from cartoons of a white man in a suit, a white woman, and a black man in a hoodie to teach about “unconscious bias”. And at Rushmoor Council, Hants, workers were asked to consider, “Can snow clearing be sexist?”. Most read in The Sun ‘Hard-working taxpayers are having to pay for absurd nonsense like this’, says James Cleverly Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd It was among diversity and inclusion courses at councils costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of pounds It was based on a Swedish theory suggesting schedules favour men’s travel patterns over women’s. Councils said they provided such training to fulfil legal obligations. Comment now