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AIBU?

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to be surprised by single sex changing rooms in M&S!

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MrsMaturin · 07/06/2014 14:56

There is a new M&S near us. It's pretty huge with ladieswear downstairs with a changing room and then menswear and childrens upstairs also with a changing room.
This week I took dd2 (13) to look for a school skirt which she had to try one because school are v fussy about length. We found two and headed over to the changing rooms on that floor. When we got there the man wouldn't let us in saying it was men only. I pointed out that the children's department was also on that floor with no separate facility but he was implacable. AIBU in finding this really odd? The changing rooms are all made up of cubicles and I've never been told they are single sex. If I had been shopping with my son would I be told to wait outside, unable to see how the garments looked on him? This is a minor issue of course but his officious exclusion of us really made me cross plus the ladies changing rooms were miles away. If we'd wanted the staff there to fetch us something else it would have taken them quite some time.
Or am I being weird and you would expect changing rooms to be single sex only in a major clothing shop/department store?

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Delphiniumsblue · 08/06/2014 15:46

I find mixed changing villages ideal if you have sons. I think that if they were to go back to separate then they need a very strict rule that all boys over 7 yrs go into the men's changing room(unless with SN).
Personally I don't know anyone with an issue with mixed cubicles- they are private and generally very busy places, so safety in numbers.

FloraFox · 08/06/2014 18:38

*k

FloraFox · 08/06/2014 18:45

kim you were ridiculing and minimising women's concerns upthread with your comments about men's smells and teenage noises. Comparing elderly women's concerns about sharing changing rooms with men to immigration and presumable racism is both offensive and shaming. Women are entitled to safety and privacy and shouldn't have to endlessly justify why they are not comfortable sharing changing space with men.

kim147 · 08/06/2014 19:32

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calmet · 08/06/2014 19:43

Kim, I would object to your views whoever is saying it. It really isn't personal.

FloraFox · 08/06/2014 20:05

I think you should try that kim so you can see it's not personal.

Corinne89 · 10/06/2014 22:53

At this point I think you should all agree to disagree

CorusKate · 10/06/2014 23:39

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