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On International Women's Day, this woman wants us to calm down about seeing a penis in the spa

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CapnHaddock · 09/03/2018 07:42

She's Canadian obviously because Canada has totally jumped the shark when it comes to self ID but the encouragement for women to ignore their instincts in this article is something else:

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-this-international-womens-day-feminists-should-finally-accept/

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SusanBunch · 09/03/2018 10:33

Bumping this up. It is shocking that someone can just tell women to get over themselves re seeing a penis in a female area.

The author seems to think that the right of biological men to use spa facilities far outweighs women's right not to have to share those facilities with someone with a penis. That is because she thinks that the only reason we don't want to share our spaces is because we do not like looking at penises, but if we just got over ourselves, we would realise it's no big deal.

How anyone can be so spectacularly ignorant to the abuse and harassment that women suffer is beyond me. Imagine if you had been abused by a man, or many men. You are likely to constantly be on edge around strange men, wondering whether they are going to leave you alone or whether they will attack you. Going to a female-only spa would be a time when you could relax, knowing that nobody there is going to attack you, harass you, or invade your space. Outside your own home, it may be one of the only spaces where you could feel safe. But no, the rights of a 6ft man who feels like a lady to be there, in your space, are far more important. If you didn't accept him and his penis, you would be being soooo disrespectful because you would be insinuating that he is a) a potential threat to you and b) not a woman. The lesson is probably that you should stay at home.

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