Deadline has reached out to Savage’s reps for comment.
Upon its completion, the decision was made to terminate his employment as an executive producer and director of The Wonder Years,” a spokesman for 20th Television said in a statement to Deadline, declining further comment.ĭetails about the nature of the allegations are unclear but I hear they included verbal outbursts and inappropriate behavior. “Recently, we were made aware of allegations of inappropriate conduct by Fred Savage, and as is policy, an investigation was launched. The Wonder Years, a reboot of the beloved 1988 series, which starred Savage, has not been renewed for a second season yet but remains in contention. The allegations were investigated, leading to Savage’s dismissal.
Marc Siegel, a spokesman for the Oregon Department of Education, told The Post that “the intention is that all students have an understanding of menstruation as a positive part of human development, without shame or stigma.” by AnonymousĮXCLUSIVE: Disney is severing ties with Fred Savage following multiple complaints of misconduct in his role as executive producer and director on the freshman ABC comedy series The Wonder Years, produced by 20th Television, part of Disney Television Studios. “Ridiculing girls at their most vulnerable is NOT dignity,” the user added. “Has anyone considered the trauma girls will experience when boys run up & down hallways, waving tampons & pantomiming insertion?” a Twitter user reportedly wrote. Some argue that the law subjects girls to bullying and shaming for using the products.Ī 2021 survey commissioned by Thinx & PERIOD found that 80 percent of teens already feel there is a negative association with menstruation, Newsweek reported. They want parents to encourage children to become different.”
Only females should be in the female restroom, and only males should be in the male restroom.”Ī third said “the ‘Menstrual Dignity Act’ is another example of liberal maniacs forcing the population to accept their mentally ill beliefs.
“I and many Oregonian women find your Menstrual Dignity Act an affront to women,” one Twitter user wrote. “Clearly Brown cares more about what’s going on in the bathrooms than what’s going on in the classrooms,” Barton added.Ĭonservatives also ripped the “Menstrual Dignity Act” as an attempt by the left to push an LGBTQ agenda, Newsweek reported.
“But as a mom, a new grandmother, and a Republican candidate for Oregon governor, I can’t believe we’re even discussing this - America’s most unpopular governor, Kate Brown, is putting free tampons in the boys’ bathrooms of Oregon’s elementary schools,” she said. “Radical leftist woke policies are destroying Oregon from our streets to our businesses to our schools,” Barton told Fox News Digital in a statement. The new law has incurred the wrath of Republicans, including Oregon gubernatorial candidate and conservative writer Bridget Barton, who slammed Brown. Meanwhile, a video posted by the Libs of TikTok apparently shows a tampon dispenser inside a boys’ bathroom. “Research also connects gender-affirming bathroom access to supporting student safety at school,” it added. “Importantly, affirms the right to menstrual dignity for transgender, intersex, nonbinary, and two spirit students by addressing the challenges that some students have managing menstruation while minimizing negative attention that could put them at risk of harm and navigating experiences of gender dysphoria during menstruation,” part of the kit’s introduction read, Fox News reported.
In March, the state Education Department also issued a “Menstrual Dignity for Students” tool kit containing instructions on how to use menstrual products and tips for “menstruation-positive” language for families. The Beaver State’s district also encouraged parents to talk to their kids about reducing the “shame and stigma” surrounding getting their periods, according to the network. “Instructions on how to use tampons and pads will be posted in all bathrooms,” the statement added.
Dispensers have been installed in all elementary and middle school girls’ restrooms, and more will be installed in all remaining bathrooms, including boys’ restrooms, next year,” it said, according to Fox News. “To ensure timely compliance, PPS ordered 500 dispensers. “Starting next year (2022-2023), products will be available in all restrooms (male, female and all-gender) in every PPS building where education occurs,” the Portland school district said in a 2021 statement. Kate Brown signed the controversial “Menstrual Dignity Act,” which requires all K-12 schools to provide free sanitary products to students - along with instructions on their use, Fox News reported.