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Was I just scoped out to see if I'm GC?

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NotMyBagButCrackOn · 18/07/2023 16:46

I was just at a work event and a colleague just told me she needed a wee but couldn't go because the toilets were unisex and she didn't feel comfortable and looked at me quizzically. I replied by telling her I'd seen some ladies ones on the way in that were just around the corner and gave her directions. But I'm now wondering if this was some kind of hint I should have picked up on! 🤔

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nonman · 18/07/2023 18:27

*as a woman who often needs the disabled loo

ArabeIIaScott · 18/07/2023 18:26

GC Grand Chinchilla (rabbit breed)

Fabulous.

Rachel Chinchilla GIF by Rachael Ray Show
AncientBallerina · 18/07/2023 18:23

NotMyBagButCrackOn · 18/07/2023 17:44

Fair comment. A lot of feminists center the needs of white able bodied women yet believe they stand for women as a whole.

You’re really going to have to cite some evidence there for such a sweeping statement

lurchermummy · 18/07/2023 18:23

@BeBraveLittlePenguin so did I!!!

AncientBallerina · 18/07/2023 18:22

Bloody hate unisex toilets- and most men I know don’t like them either

nonman · 18/07/2023 18:18

the men’s toilets should be uni sex

nonman · 18/07/2023 18:17

As a person who often needs the disabled loo at short notice I actually object to them being repurposed as unisex (gender neutral). I have an invisible disability and need a clean easily accessible space, I do not need to form a queue behind various special categories and then find that the loo paper and soap has run out.

CremeEggsForBreakfast · 18/07/2023 18:02

Thosepeskyseagulls · 18/07/2023 17:39

If she was a wheelchair user she wouldn’t have had a choice. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a disabled toilet that wasn’t unisex.

The difference is that a disabled bathroom is one loo and one sink in one room. Male or female, you are the only person in that space at that time (unless you have a carer with you and presumably you've consented to that. If not, whole other discussion).

"Unisex toilets' often mean several toilet cubicles and shared sinks meaning you are NOT the only person in that space and could be the only female person in there with one (or more) male people. Toilets are places where you make yourself quite vulnerable. This is particularly true with cubicle doors which do not always cover you from floor to ceiling (or even left to right) and sometimes do not lock etc correctly.

Anotherchristianmama · 18/07/2023 17:59

Thosepeskyseagulls · 18/07/2023 17:39

If she was a wheelchair user she wouldn’t have had a choice. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a disabled toilet that wasn’t unisex.

But they are single occupant so this wouldn't be an issue.

Igmum · 18/07/2023 17:58

It certainly does. Welcome to terfdom.

[hands out flower to wear and averts eyes just in case]

@Georgyporky I really hope you have cut and paste otherwise your fingers will ache from all that typing

clarepetal · 18/07/2023 17:55

nonman · 18/07/2023 17:53

It stands for Gender Critical. It means putting women’s rights to dignity, safety and single sex spaces in front of men’s needs for validation of their feelings.
it means wanting to keep rapists out of women’s prisons, and refuges.

there’s a lot more but thems the basics.

Aha! Thanks for this! Ps Am a fan of Jk and agree with her. Does that make me GC?

nonman · 18/07/2023 17:53

It stands for Gender Critical. It means putting women’s rights to dignity, safety and single sex spaces in front of men’s needs for validation of their feelings.
it means wanting to keep rapists out of women’s prisons, and refuges.

there’s a lot more but thems the basics.

clarepetal · 18/07/2023 17:48

What is GC? I don't understand

Boiledbeetle · 18/07/2023 17:46

BeBraveLittlePenguin · 18/07/2023 17:19

I read that as butthole and was clutching my pearls like you wouldn't believe 😀

Oh thank god so did I!

I mean if needs must then the buttocks it is. But it's not exactly practical is it!

NotMyBagButCrackOn · 18/07/2023 17:44

Thosepeskyseagulls · 18/07/2023 17:39

If she was a wheelchair user she wouldn’t have had a choice. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a disabled toilet that wasn’t unisex.

Fair comment. A lot of feminists center the needs of white able bodied women yet believe they stand for women as a whole.

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RumNotRun · 18/07/2023 17:43

@Georgyporky Giant Chinchillas, clearly.

RumNotRun · 18/07/2023 17:43

Pixiedust1234 · 18/07/2023 17:26

Oh ffs, so did I (apparently) 😑

Another one who can't read here! I did wonder what the significance of a flower THERE and also how people would see it. The mind boggles

CarrieOnBoris · 18/07/2023 17:42

The GC (Gemma Collins)

BezMills · 18/07/2023 17:41

The 23rd one, and sometimes the 33rd

Georgyporky · 18/07/2023 17:40

I thought GC was grandchildren.
Obviously not, so I Googled it.
Which of these is correct, please?
Acronym Definition
GC General Contractor
GC Grand Chase (video game)
GC Government of Canada
GC Golf Course
GC Guitar Center (musical equipment chain store)
GC Games Convention (Leipzig, Germany)
GC Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)
GC Garbage Collection (LISP)
GC GameCube (Nintendo)
GC Good Condition
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GC Gas Chromatography
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GC General Counsel
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GC Google Chrome (web browser)
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GC Golf Channel
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GC Gold Certificate (currency)
GC Government College (Lahore, Pakistan)
GC Génie Civil (French: Civil Engineering)
GC Gas Chromatograph
GC Global Compact (UN)
GC Great Circle
GC Gamecube Controller (gaming equipment)
GC Guardia Civil (Spain)
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GC Good Charlotte (band)
GC Government Code
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GC General Classification (cycling)
GC Greencastle (Indiana)
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GC Greek Cypriot
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GC Genome Canada
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GC Greater Cincinnati
GC Goshen College (Indiana)
GC Group Captain (Royal Air Force)
GC Game Card (gaming)
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GC Ghirardelli Chocolate
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GC Gliomatosis Cerebri (rare primary brain tumor)
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GC Georgian College (Barrie, Ontario, Canada)
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GC Gravity Center (physics)
GC Grade Change
GC Greensboro College (North Carolina)
GC Goldsmiths College (UK)
GC Grammar Check
GC Garbage Can
GC Grand Charm (gaming)
GC Groove Coverage (band)
GC Graphics Context
GC Guidance Counselor
GC Gigacycle (now Gigahertz)
GC Gas Chamber
GC Greenville College (Greenville, Illinois)
GC Guanine-Cytosine (DNA base pairing)
GC Generic Code
GC Government Centre
GC Galactic Conquest (computer game)
GC Group-Specific Component (proteins)
GC Group Control
GC Gun Captain (US Navy)
GC Group Command (ITU-T Rec. T.30)
GC Gonorrhea Culture
GC Goldbach's Conjecture
GC Global Custodians
GC Garrison Commander
GC Galvanic Corrosion
GC General Casualty (insurance company)
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GC General Cable Corporation
GC Germinal Centre (lymph nodes)
GC Gyrocompass
GC Greeley Central High School (Greeley, Colorado)
GC Gas Cooled
GC Government Connect
GC Gem City
GC Guard Channel
GC Guidance Computer
GC General Discharge
GC Greek Circle (magazine; Chicago, IL)
GC General Corrosion (protection)
GC Gamecenter.com (C|Net)
GC Gemcitabine/Carboplatin
GC Gambia International Airlines (IATA airline code)
GC Governos Constitucionais (Portuguese: Constitutional Governments)
GC Ghost Click
GC Guardians Council (Iranian government agency)
GC Garden Center, Inc
GC Global Conferencing (Global One)
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GC Clayey Gravels (soil type)
GC Game Chick
GC Game Càfe
GC Gravimetric Calibrator (semiconductors)
GC Globus Consortium
GC Group Currency (finance)
GC Gaining Command
GC Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, 12 August 1949
GC Glivenko-Cantelli (condition)
GC Galactic Commander (gaming)
GC Gyro Control
GC Gavel Club
GC Generalized Compound (model)
GC Gamecatcher (magazine)
GC Graphics Conferencing
GC Grand Computers
GC General Communications Incorporated
GC General Chairside Examination
GC GregChant Enterprises, LTD
GC Garrison Code (US Army)
GC Grand Chinchilla (rabbit breed)
GC Guaranty Period Complete
GC Ground Cadets
GC Giwirr Consultants

BezMills · 18/07/2023 17:40

They tend to be uniperson tho

Thosepeskyseagulls · 18/07/2023 17:39

If she was a wheelchair user she wouldn’t have had a choice. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a disabled toilet that wasn’t unisex.

ArabeIIaScott · 18/07/2023 17:36

wasn't my pearls I was clutching.

Pixiedust1234 · 18/07/2023 17:26

BeBraveLittlePenguin · 18/07/2023 17:19

I read that as butthole and was clutching my pearls like you wouldn't believe 😀

Oh ffs, so did I (apparently) 😑

Mumoftwoinprimary · 18/07/2023 17:25

I had a “meet the teacher” event today for ds’s new teacher. He had Harry Potter quotes up on the wall for examples of different types of sentences. It made me feel quite hopeful.