Women forced to lift up tops before entering football ground.

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DeleteOrDecay · 21/08/2017 10:07

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/we-were-treated-like-animals-11023143?ICID=FB mirrorr_main

Outrageous. I understand that for safety they need to search people, having been to football matches myself in the past and have had my bag searched etc.

Never have I ever been asked to lift up my top though. Surely if they really needed to do this (and I don't believe they did), it should have been done behind a screen for privacy and dignity. Not many women would be comfortable taking their top off in front of a bunch of strangers.

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birdsdestiny · 21/08/2017 10:16

They manage not to do this at airport security.

VestalVirgin · 21/08/2017 10:16

I'd not pay to see a football game there a second time.

This seems like very much intentional harrassment. We all know who is most likely to commit terrorist attacks, and that's adult males.

Not women, and not 5 year old children!

Neverknowing · 21/08/2017 10:14

This is a town local to me and they're very like this. I've noticed the difference as soon as you step into Stevenage it's like you're not a human anymore because you're a woman. To anyone who said this is for security, it's not. It's about power. You're a woman and you have to do whatever they say.

MineKraftCheese · 21/08/2017 10:13

Interesting. I often don't wear a bra so would I have had to show them my boobs?

Copperbeech33 · 21/08/2017 10:11

Its not nice, but the situation which calls for such security is not nice, I think you are going to have to get used to it

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