Please don't put a rainbow in your window!

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For the past few years the rainbow has sadly becomea symbol of silencing, sexual stereotyping and oppression for a lot of women and those in the LGB community. If you're thinking of putting one up, please think about how that may make women feel - many of whom have already experienced death threats and lost their friends and jobs thanks to those who wield the rainbow flag as a weapon.

I just saw two on my walk just now and it made me feel like shit. Not the intended effect I'm sure. Please consider something else: the sun coming out from a cloud, or a simple landscape. Thanks.

In case.

(However the thread might be helpful if there are any more delusional rainbow warriors creeping about.)

But my 5 year old loves rainbows. Her best friend lives across the road, they can't play together at the moment and that makes them sad. So they have each drawn a rainbow and put it in the bedroom window. Its sweet and nice and brought some happiness to 2 confused children. Wtf is wrong with that?

I can see your point op, but for many, rainbow is something pleasant and happy rather than negative.
You can't force people to feel different about it just because you have negative image.
This thread actually made me feel more depressed than reading corona related threads.

What about the group for little girls - rainbows. Should that also be banned/rebranded? I don’t think so.

Well I've just bought some rainbow patterned clothes. Shoot me. Rainbows cheer me up.

No one owns the rainbow.

Ridiculous. I hate to break it to you but you don’t own the concept of the rainbow.

Wasn’t going to bother but I’m going to get my kids to do some now.

There is something called a rainbow walk going around on facebook. People are putting rainbows in their window for it. It's for kids. YABVU.

My dd is not at least offended if there was a rainbow in someones windows. She thinks you are been ott.

I associate rainbows with gay pride and babies born after a miscarriage. Yabvu op.

i think a better question is whether they should continue to accept males for sleepovers etc @Cacaca

Ffs- my son likes rainbow, because it's colourful and cheerful and that's it, why should I telling him not to draw them because it may upset someone like you?
He's child- you are adult- grown up and don't be be ridiculous, honestly.
There's much more serious struggles going on right now.

So the whole world has to modify itself because some people feel this is a symbol of something they disagree with?

DS loves rainbows, and constantly draws them so me.

Go away. You don't dictate to other people on what they display.

OK, from more of OP's cryptic comments it seems that she believes the rainbow has been hijacked by trans people who want to go in women's bathrooms, and women who complain about that are being sacked?

So you're going to let them hijack the rainbow, after all those years of it being a symbol of gay rights etc.? And ask even children to stop using it, when they are simply doing a pretty picture of a happy weather phenomenon that uses all the colours in their felt tip pack and is not intended to have anything to do with gender?

Well this is certainly a much more interesting read than the latest death figures.

"Remember Zippy, George and Bungle 😊"

Thank you this cheered me up.

OP I think we are all in a period of rapid adjustment - meanings of rainbows included....

I'm as GC as they come (you can see my posts over on FWR to prove it) but this is a completely different symbol. I've talked to my kids about the rainbow being a sign of resilience, and that's all it's meant to be. It's a nice thing for kids to do to keep busy and a sign of better days to come after this dark time.

Don't look at the rainbow as a monolithic symbol, look at the intention behind the display of that symbol. M&S sticking a rainbow flag on a sandwich is not the same intention as kids painting rainbows and sticking in their own windows.

Coolio

While I think some posters have been needlessly harsh, I think your emotional response to this is a sign that you might need some support working through your experiences. There are so many people coming together at this time to try and do what little they can to brighten each other's days from a distance that it seems such a shame that you can't enjoy and appreciate that for what it is. Have you had any help?

OP YABU and you need to get a grip ffs I have put a rainbow in my window I see it as being nothing more than trying to give people hope for a better brighter future after this shit storm has past you need to find a hobby if this is all you have to worry about right now when the world is falling apart.

Oh this is a wind up.

I'm a GC feminist and I like rainbows.

There is an enormous difference between a rainbow flag and a picture of a rainbow drawn by a child.

The latter has no negative connotations, except for those who deliberately conflate it with something else.

This.

A rainbow is a symbol of hope - the end of a storm/beauty in a storm that sort of thing.

I'd love some Skittles now.

I’m not going to be bullied out of my feelings on this matter.

For heaven’s sake, no one is “bullying” you. Feel however you want to feel. But others are perfectly entitled to disagree with a position they consider utterly ridiculous. You don’t like rainbows and what you think they represent? Fine. Don’t display one in your window. But as this thread clearly illustrates, many people disagree with your interpretation.

You do not own the fucking rainbow.

You do not have the right to tell anyone that they can or can't use it. It has been used for centuries before the LGBT movement tried to steal it from us. It's there for everyone.

This has to be the most ridiculous thread ever started.