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Some single sex spaces are more equal than others

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ResisterRex · 16/04/2022 22:39

This farmers' group has refused to open up to women. It seems they've fiercely defended their rights to meet as men need their own spaces for good mental health.

So men are allowed this but meanwhile on another thread, women can't have single sex rape crisis services.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/04/16/sexism-row-erupts-men-only-farmers-group-bars-women-one-lads/

"The group argued that all-male spaces are important because men need a safe space to discuss their mental healthh_, particularly in an industry where loneliness, stress and financial problems can trigger depression.

Mrs Edwards, however, viewed the policy as “discriminatory” and “outdatedd_” saying female farmers were being denied valuable networking opportunities.
Mrs Edwards, 53, and her husband Simon, 56, first put forward the proposal to the group after realising that if they had had daughters instead of sons, their children would have been barred from going to meetings with their father."

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EmbarrassingHadrosaurus · 16/04/2022 23:30

Interesting previous thread on single sex spaces for men.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4383201-Men-only-spaces

JellySaurus · 16/04/2022 23:20

Oh tush woman! It's only because the Edwards children don't identify as men.

Oh, wait...