To ask if this woman was reasonable to make a complaint of sexism against a train station worker?

[CounsellorTroi]

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/train-station-worker-said-door-20427510?fbclid=IwAR1f04ip9QSaRaqT_uAw5d_areNmeBte49_fcmaw3hi58UuHm8T2Vw24ufA

She was having trouble opening a train door and he helped her, saying "it needed a man's touch"

Sorry didn't mean to enable voting.

It's the sort of everyday sexism that we can do without

Oh for crying out loud 🙄. Some people need an actual real life problem to occupy their minds. Poor thing, making an arse of herself going to the papers!

Bit of a condescending and misogynistic comment, but I think making an official complaint against him for sexism is a bit daft.

JMHO.

I would have thought the comment annoying but wouldn't have made a complaint. It's just a bad, patronising joke. Hardly worthy of a complaint. Presumably the person who said it was older.

I wouldn't have complained.

It was a light hearted remark. I think we'd be better off focusing on the many, many other examples of sexism.

I would have noticed it as a mildly sexist remark I suppose, but also just as quiet words to reassure if he was invading her personal space a bit to help. Would never have entered my mind to complain.

MIght have been better if he'd said something like "I'm used to these doors". But it does seem a little OTT to make a complaint about it.

@CounsellorTroi

MIght have been better if he'd said something like "I'm used to these doors". But it does seem a little OTT to make a complaint about it.

Well of course it would. But really... Most people would have rolled their eyes and got on with their day.

It IS a sexist comment.

Needed a mans touch / only a man can do it.

I doubt the man who said it likely meant no harm but thaf doesnt change it being sexist. She should have just corrected him.

I’ve heard the phrase used interchangeably with both men and women’s touch

It was a lighthearted off the cuff joke

She’s just made herself look like a huffy twit

Ffs!

And YABU for sharing a shitty clickbaity website which is cluttered with ads so you can't read anything, you have to click back 4 times to exit!!

I apologise for the website, it is awful.

haha the article says the man should have been given a warning and training on 'how to, and how not to, speak to women'

jesus!! I bet he didnt even get told of it........she's lucky he helped her and touched anything she had already touched. daft cow!

Presumably the person who said it was older

‘Presumably the person who said it was older’

Is this kind of thing acceptable?

Yes, why the presumption he was older?

The train company’s response was a bit bitchy

Oh for goodness sake. He helped her and she’s repaid the favour by lodging a complaint? It was a stupid joke. Is everything sexist now if it refers to a person’s sex?

she's lucky he helped her and touched anything she had already touched. daft cow!

ummm, I mean you’re coming across as the daft cow here. It’s literally his job to open the door for passengers in this situation as opposed to leaving them entrapped on the train. She isn’t “lucky” that he did his job and opened the doors.

'A woman's touch' in similar usage is hardly unknown.

It's not great either way, but this is just silly.

well it did need a mans touch because the 'man' touched it and et voila! it opened....the woman touched it and it didn't open

so he was right .... but the remark was said to a man not a woman.

She sounds a bit precious. Its just a silly thing to say, in my home we say someone has done a "man's look" if we can't find something.

I always find it useful in these situations to substitute another type of discriminatory remark. "Needs a white/able bodied person's touch" very offensive. I don't like excusing everyday sexism because someone gets away with being helpful. The world is changing, thankfully.