To be nervous

Has anyone ever sat on a train for ten minutes alone and been OK?!

Erm yeah. I think you'll survive. And the train will be rammed with concertgoers anyway so the only issue would be getting a bit squashed and not having a seat.

Certainly not! Agreed!

But other people using “just words” were described in a nasty misogynistic term….

Because “they made you say it” because you felt misogynistic terms were allowed according to your rules.

Honestly shameful, I hope the post is removed.

Stop putting words in my mouth. Expressing an opinion is not 'doubling down'. Not going to respond to your goadiness any more.

You keep telling yourself that 😅.

You're certainly not coming off great.

Nope.

That's reports of missing children.
80% reappeared in under 24 hours.

And a chunk of those are "repeat offenders" for just disappearing.

No, you were using it in the misogynistic meaning, shameful.

So it’s just a word? Like racist terms are just words? Homophobic terms are just words?

Really?

You cannot honestly believe that?

Stop doubling down, it’s ridiculous.

Never said I was ‘reclaiming’ it. 🙄

It’s a word. Anyone can call anyone a bitch. It’s not a nice word, but sometimes it’s warranted imo.

Why don't you get a cab from where you leave your friend? If it's only 10mins on the train it shouldn't add too much to the bill.

I don’t think “free speech” includes misogynistic insulting names. You think it’s on for a man to call a woman a bitch under the guise of “free speech”?

Yes, "bitchy" is widely considered a misogynistic term because it is a gendered insult traditionally used to police, shame, or dismiss women who exhibit assertiveness, ambition, or anger—behaviors often accepted in men. While some women have reappropriated the term to mean "strong and in charge," it remains rooted in punishing women for deviating from submissive, polite gender roles.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment +3
Misogynistic and Gendered Aspects:

• Targeted Policing: Women are frequently called "bitchy" or a "bitch" for being confident, assertive, opinionated, or for rejecting unwanted sexual advances.
• Double Standard: Behaviors that lead to a woman being called "bitchy" (e.g., being direct, demanding) are often praised as leadership or assertiveness when displayed by a man.
• Internalized Sexism: It is often used to compel women to compete with or demean other women, reinforcing misogyny.
• Cambridge University Press & Assessment +4

• Reclamation: In feminist contexts, the term has been reclaimed in phrases like "boss bitch" or "badass" to signify power, strength, and unapologetic behavior.
• Casual Misogyny: Despite reclamation efforts, it is still frequently used as a weaponized, derogatory term that demeans women as a group, reflecting deep-seated social inequalities

I don’t think you were reclaiming the term.

sanctimoniousness
/ˌsaŋ(k)tɪˈməʊniəsnəs/
noun
the quality or appearance of feeling morally superior to other people.

In terms of how I've behaved on the thread vs how some have, tbh yes I do feel morally superior to them.

Well, we'll have to agree to differ then. Good job there's such a thing as free speech.

is that supposed to make it less misogynistic? Because it really doesn’t.

That’s an extremely misogynistic term, I don’t think you should use it.

If you had said you had mobility issues in your OP then people could have advised you about passenger assist.

It is relevant information as the service is there to ensure people with disabilities can confidently train journies on their own.

If you don't have it already, download the passenger assistance app, add in information abiut your disability (your mobility and anxiety and needing help to your seat/back again) and hopefully someone should meet you at your train if you book it 24 hours or so in advance and escort you to your other platform and help you on and find the seat with you.

If there is enough time to adjust and you don't need or want help off your train because your friend will be there, the meeting point for assistance if you book it is by the disabled ticket office part 20 mins before your next train (usually noone is working in the disabled one so I go to let a manned one know we are there). Said ticket office is fully accessible by lifts if you need them and is on the ground floor next to whistlestop shop which is itself next to burger King.

Sheffield is a nice well lit station where it's always busy (I have to be out by 10 due to the last train into my town so not sure how it is after, but I imagine the same) there was staff from each railway provider around, personally the best from experience are emr and Northern.

If you need then, taxis are outside the station directly. If you want an Uber, they've now now and have to be waited for at the main collection/drop off area a few meters away (keep walking passed the taxis to the end and around the little corner and you are there.)

Precisely. Sanctimoniousness at its best.

But context is everything!

Yes, some people hardly read the thread and look for the easiest opportunity to put the boot in. It happens all the time and I don’t have any time for them.

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