article_snippet.sent: A man has been pressured into resigning from A man role as a women's officer at a university student union after public pressure and an online petition demanded that A man step down from the position.
article_snippet.sent: Despite James Ritchie qualifications for the role and no gender specified in the job description, the reaction to a male being offered the position caused huge opposition which left James Ritchie feeling that the negativity impacted on James Ritchie being able to do the job at the Tasmanian University Union to the best of James Ritchie ability.
article_snippet.sent: James Ritchie was forced to resign from James Ritchie role as women's officer for the Tasmanian University Union after public pressure and an online petition opposed the decision to employ a male for the job at the Tasmanian University Union . '
article_snippet.sent: There has been a lot of public pressure for me to resign, a lot of interest groups that want me to resign,' James Ritchie told ABC radio. '
article_snippet.sent: But the main thing for James Ritchie was I felt my ability to be effective in the role was now diminished and that's the most fundamental thing.'
article_snippet.sent: The university's Women's Collective had launched a petition on the website change.org to have James Ritchie removed from James Ritchie role in the TUU.
article_snippet.sent: a petition on the website change.org to have Mr Ritchie removed from his role in the TUU said James Ritchiewas elected to the role of women's officer unconstitutionally and unethically and yet the TUU staff refuses to disqualify James Ritchie candidacy'.
highlights_snippet.sent: Mounting public pressure and an online petition forced James Ritchie to resign .
  