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I've had an idea

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J4nice · 05/06/2018 13:41

Feminists have already proved that they want to be called men by showing up at a pool and in their own words (identifying as male)

Woman claim that other woman are men when they are not and call them offensive things

Men and anyone else should have the right to refer to you on MN as men without having such posts removes or without facing discipline

I will refer to you as male from now on, if this isn't allowed then it's discrimination and I will file a case of discrimination to MN

OP posts:
StealthNinjaMum · 08/06/2018 16:14

Myrelationshipisweird Grin

Battleax · 08/06/2018 16:15

One of the funny things about this is the idea that we'd mind. Who cares? Not everyone thinks that "misgendering" is "literal violence". Some of us have other concerns, such as domestic violence (you know, the physical kind), sexual assault, lack of equal pay, being denied career opportunities open to men, emotional abuse, absence of affordable childcare, all sorts of stuff, really.

So very true.

auntycartmanslargertestacle · 08/06/2018 17:10

Since its my second manfriday I am not just a man today but also a young man. I am modeling myself on a young workman who I had a screaming row with earlier in the week when I was an old woman. In the middle of this screaming match he did something in his nether regions that directed my gaze from his manly visage. When I accused him of dominance displaying he played dumb. I am going around today engaging people in conversations while moving my hands around my crotch area and when they look at me as if I'm mad I will smile secretly to myself and remember today I am a man and can do anything I please. I know how to man.

InfiniteSheldon · 08/06/2018 17:18

If I lunchedmore than one person of unspecified gender in the face would I be a cereal killer?

MipMipMip · 08/06/2018 20:30

I tried my first #manfriday today. Unfortunately that involved me not wearing a bra and when I ran for the bus I knocked myself out. I'm now in a&e thanks to you lot! Angry

ErrolTheDragon · 08/06/2018 23:08

You need to invest in a man-bra for Friday moobs. TBH as they appear to be much like sports bras, you could probably get away with wearing whatever you'd usually run in.

MipMipMip · 08/06/2018 23:57

Surely you could mansplain that for me? I'll be too busy watching the football to listen though. 3 minutes to go so hope there's no extra time.

MipMipMip · 08/06/2018 23:58

For the record: I. Do. Not. Run. That was fishing style exaggeration.

and I can't find a sports bra that fits anyway

InfiniteSheldon · 09/06/2018 05:56

Your man breasts can be contained in a bra as long as the bra identities as a jock strap on manfriday

MipMipMip · 09/06/2018 07:32

Excellent, that may well save future accidents. Cheers.

BatShite · 09/06/2018 14:32

I actually did a manfriday yesterday without realising it, and have only clicked on now when reading this thread Grin

I went to see Ed Sheeran at St James Park last night. In the break, the queue for the womens loo was literally 300 people long. Meanwhile there seemed to be noone in the mens. The women were waiting patiently as they are used to this. So I led a mass revolt into the mens, I announced to the people around me that if we were stopped, e just need to say we 'identify' as men, which amused them BUT it turned out a few of them had already heard of all this self ID nonsense. So off we went to the mens. A few men were in there and I did shout through that we were coming in incase they weren't impressed (which I guess goes against the whole 'I am a man' thing, but yeah, I thought of their feelings and discomfort) and a couple shot into the cubicle instead of continuing to use the urinal. Those men were absolutely not happy at all with the situation. A few men were though and found it funny, and one stopped to talk to me where I told him that I am currently identifying as a man as the womens queue was ridiculous. he had also heard of all the self ID nonsense, chuckled to himself and left. And the women, got to the loo faster. Men had to queue beside the (growing) queue of women who were waiting there..or use the urinal in a room full of women, that they did not seem impressed with either. And security came over but they just stood at the door holding it open for people.

I then found out that earlier in the night, the same kind of thing had happened BUT it had actually been one of the female security staff who had went to the mens, held the door and invited women in the large queue to come use the mens instead. So basically, the female security staff had decided to allow women to identify as men Grin

A good day, really. And I did not click on that it was friday either until this thread. Heh.

The mens fucking stank to the high heavens though, but it was better than being desperate for the loo for an hour in a ridiculously long queue for sure.

Ereshkigal · 09/06/2018 14:50

Well done Wine

MipMipMip · 09/06/2018 17:19

Fantastic! Well done BatShite!

Waddlelikeapenguin · 09/06/2018 17:44

BatShite bravo!!

I really want to put stickers inside toilets but I worry about the cleaners....

HornyTortoise · 09/06/2018 18:04

Yeah I would love to do the sticker thing but also think it will just create more work for the cleaners. I will be buying a ManFriday top when I get paid though, my sister is doing the same.

Waddlelikeapenguin · 09/06/2018 18:12

Little business cards?

thebewilderness · 09/06/2018 19:57

The vinyl stickers that peel right off, so the cleaners can take them off clean and put them back, are the best.

Waddlelikeapenguin · 09/06/2018 20:14

I love the thought of a secret army of GC cleaners carefully re applying stickers Grin

Battleax · 09/06/2018 20:48

They won’t put them back Smile

thebewilderness · 09/06/2018 20:56

Maybe not. I have seen the list of rapists on the wall at a uni women's loo carefully painted around, so I think they might.

MipMipMip · 09/06/2018 21:05

I can't decide if that's great or terrible bewilded. I can make a few arguments got both.

Painting is more likely to have been done by men (sorry but statistically true for now) than women. If we could just get hold of them as they clearly want to protect women....

thebewilderness · 09/06/2018 21:14

I cried when I saw it. I was taking a class on teaching ESL at a local uni and happened upon it. One of the students told me that the women used to scrub off the paint when it was fresh, so now the painters leave it.

Waddlelikeapenguin · 09/06/2018 23:56

thebe (my brain/eyes have started seeing your user name as thebe wilderness - appropriate for a moon!)
That's beautiful.
Despite studying science I used to go the Englis Lit library to study partly because no one would come & ask me about catalysis & partly because the poetry on the toilet walls was wonderful.

thebewilderness · 10/06/2018 00:13

Hello Penguin, my name is Rose. "The Bewilderness" is the name of my house. I started using it after about two weeks on the interwebs with my traditional female name.
It never occurred to me that people would read it different ways but I have recently been informed that thebe is a monetary unit in Botswana.
I like the Greek associations best.

AnotherQuoll · 10/06/2018 00:17

As an ex-cleaner, I can guarantee that some cleaners would indeed put the stickers back in place. Or maybe even in a better spot.