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We're so far down the rabbit hole I can't tell if this sticker is real or fake...

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gherkinmerkinn · 03/12/2023 14:26

...on toilet cubicle in shopping centre

We're so far down the rabbit hole I can't tell if this sticker is real or fake...
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aname1234 · 04/12/2023 13:55

It's brilliant. we need to plant these stickers everywhere. Blazing sunlight

Villagetoraiseachild · 03/12/2023 16:41

Aha, I see...
Pre emptive action.
I wonder what will happen first, a stampede to the facilities for disabled persons or complaint to the management?
But yes, it's telling the quiet part out loud.

pieceofpasta · 03/12/2023 16:33

I think it's great. Perhaps we should make them for other shops

Froodwithatowel · 03/12/2023 15:50

That's intended to incite women to complain and be angry about it, and to face women and men with the reality of the situation.

As opposed to merely being frightened when they abruptly discover a male in their space without warning, and being forced to sneak the fuck out of dodge without hopefully being screamed at or worse, while discovering the horrible reality that these public spaces are now for men and those women who are both privileged enough and willing to provide themselves as men's validating resources. And don't see women as being deserving of anything better.

Bravo, I'm for it.

Tenology · 03/12/2023 15:45

Villagetoraiseachild · 03/12/2023 15:06

But who would fake it and why?

For social media clout.

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gherkinmerkinn · 03/12/2023 15:24

Villagetoraiseachild · 03/12/2023 15:22

Op, am trying to watch the snooker but this is way more interesting.
Was the sign on every loo door, or just the one?

I didn't check the other cubicles I just snapped it quickly as DH was upstairs waiting for me stuffing his face with Greggs

I don't live in Bedford so not likely to be able to check again but it was on the back of the cubicle door I didn't see any signs on the way in or in the communal bits.

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Villagetoraiseachild · 03/12/2023 15:22

Op, am trying to watch the snooker but this is way more interesting.
Was the sign on every loo door, or just the one?

Villagetoraiseachild · 03/12/2023 15:20

Yes@JaninaDuszejko , that could be it.....
Brava to her.

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gherkinmerkinn · 03/12/2023 15:19

boudiccathecat · 03/12/2023 14:38

It’s a real place in Bedford and that’s their logo

Yes I know. I was there today and took the photo.

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JaninaDuszejko · 03/12/2023 15:13

Villagetoraiseachild · 03/12/2023 15:06

But who would fake it and why?

Disruntled female customer who was told to use the disabled toilet because she didn't want to share a toilet with men. Why? To make a point.

PTSDBarbiegirl · 03/12/2023 15:12

Fake. There is no 'biological' in front of women so it's drawing obvious mirth and passive gaslighting from 'biological men'.

Or maybe just written by a pink/blue brigade head scout.

Villagetoraiseachild · 03/12/2023 15:10

Parodists or saboteurs/saboteuses?
Thass very sophisticated!

JanesLittleGirl · 03/12/2023 15:09

Villagetoraiseachild · 03/12/2023 15:06

But who would fake it and why?

Because it is an accurate description of what is actually happening in the public loos of Britain.

Villagetoraiseachild · 03/12/2023 15:06

But who would fake it and why?

catduckgoose · 03/12/2023 15:05

Has to be fake, the gender identity cultists wouldn't accept "biological men" as a descriptor.

Villagetoraiseachild · 03/12/2023 15:04

Yes, but whatever is the truth behind the Mystery at Harpur Centre Netties, does anyone have an action plan?

PersonWithInternalGonads · 03/12/2023 15:03

I really hope there's a corresponding one in the disabled toilets there says something like "these toilets are for the disabled, and any women or girls who are uncomfortable with using the female toilets because they are being used by biological men who self identify as women"

GrumpyPanda · 03/12/2023 15:01

Parody or sabotage. Not just the biological male wording, but also women and girls as a sex group. I think it's brilliant- would love to buy some.

cariadlet · 03/12/2023 14:58

I would guess that the toilets have been made mixed sex.
Somebody (either an employee or a local terf) knows that there are still people who don't understsnd that a transwoman is male so has printed out stickers to explain the realities to customers.

A TRA or handmaiden who approves of mixed sex toilets wouldn't talk about "biological males".

ResisterRex · 03/12/2023 14:57

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 03/12/2023 14:44

I think it’s real but the person who was told to make the signs doesn’t agree with the policy.

This would make sense.

Either that, or it's a reverse.

JanesLittleGirl · 03/12/2023 14:56

It's far too honest to be real.

DarkDayforMN · 03/12/2023 14:56

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 03/12/2023 14:44

I think it’s real but the person who was told to make the signs doesn’t agree with the policy.

That makes sense! It reads like it was put up there to warn people after women complained about blokes in the toilets.

ahagwearsapointybonnet · 03/12/2023 14:55

I reckon it's been mocked up by a GC woman to highlight the centre's (actual) stance, because they would no doubt have worded it in a much more mealy-mouthed way if they were making their own stickers, or more likely, kept quiet about it cos they don't give a shit whether women/girls are upset by unexpectedly encountering men there, but God forbid they upset the men with identities by pointing out that they are NOT exactly the same as women and girls, and by alerting the women who would prefer to avoid them.

Villagetoraiseachild · 03/12/2023 14:53

I would hazard a guess it's real and the language used is clearer than transwomen, because many (understandably) are unclear what that word means.

WhereYouLeftIt · 03/12/2023 14:45

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 03/12/2023 14:44

I think it’s real but the person who was told to make the signs doesn’t agree with the policy.

Ooh - yes, that sounds entirely possible!