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Do you boycott local shops that don't support biology?

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CervixSampler · 10/04/2022 16:55

Specifically selling period products for people who menstruate? Recommending mooncups for people who have given birth etc.
They've been called out on it and I'm really peeved as they were a great independent shop with lots of vegan items and items by weight, natural products for body, hair and home. Expensive but I supported them as they are local, friendly and ethical. Now their ethics don't align with mine. It seems like nothing is free of identify politics anymore.

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ZaraSizeMedium · 10/04/2022 17:43

Yes if I possibly can.

Not a local shop but there’s a local restaurant I’d boycott, but DH’s family love it and lots of family birthdays and events are booked by them for there.

I sticker the hell out of it while I’m there instead.

tabbycatstripy · 10/04/2022 17:43

Yes.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 10/04/2022 17:41

I'm careful. Don't have the time to check out every place but those companies deliberately placing women at risk (M & S, Lush etc) no longer get my custom.

NormaSnorks · 10/04/2022 17:39

Yes.
And I tell shop assistants that I am unhappy about unisex changing rooms and it makes me not want to shop there.

OhHolyJesus · 10/04/2022 17:36

Yes. I have no interest in supporting them, I vote with my purse elsewhere.

Cailleach1 · 10/04/2022 17:35

I stopped buying 'Innocent' juices. I do most of the family food shopping. Won't darken the door of 'Lush', neither. They don't want my shilling, and I don't want to give it to them.

Artichokeleaves · 10/04/2022 17:32

Yup.

Also now won't go into M&S without a hazmat suit.

Fairislefandango · 10/04/2022 17:28

I would do, yes. I haven't noticed any local shops do this though. I've boycotted Lush Angry for quite a while now.

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CervixSampler · 10/04/2022 17:15

Exactly. They are so concerned with not offending the tiny amount of trans and non binary women that they risk losing the custom of women.

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nepeta · 10/04/2022 17:10

I do boycott both local shops and online stores if I possibly can, and it is almost always feasible to do so as alternatives exist. But I don't take anyone to task for not being able to do so.

I just don't want to be erased by those who supposedly want my custom.

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