Special trans taxi services to keep them safe

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Hey BBC, where's our front-page promoted article and video interview about all the things women have done for and by each other, for centuries, to stay safe in public? No?

The "look at poor ickle us suffering from these things nobody has ever had to worry about before" is so infuriating. We have been living this shit forever.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-49516092/the-taxi-service-trying-to-keep-trans-people-safe

Unless it's the right type of transpeople that is)

Well yes, the female ones, for the female only service

Like the Virgin trans staff flights?

What happened with those in the end?

Not sure. For some reason I can’t imagine the service was particularly effective. All men in the promo I saw and they did look like a drag act.

Can I have a coffee please?
Do you want creaaaaaam in that or like it strong and black? Like how I like my meeeeennnnnn. (Breaks into drag queen routine etc etc etc.
Where diiiid you get your dress madam? Ooooooo coach?

I am not happy that my name that my name is under that ladies bottom

It is very odd to take offence at strangers who don't immediately know that your own loved and new are "good guys".

I know my own male family aren't attackers or rapists but I wouldn't dream of expecting a random woman to feel the same way, and vice verse.

There seems to be a lack of basic understanding of what "men as a class" means and people are taking it personally.

Nor would I be, Rufus. I can't help thinking that whenever I hear Rufus now, I'll think red knickers.

if worrying about meeting a transwomen in the toilet is your biggest problem in life, then you probably lead a pretty privileged existence.

I wouldn't say it's my biggest problem, but it's certainly an element of my biggest problem.

For context, Rapist Two of Three is a transwoman these days.

I guess C-PTSD is a privilege now?

In hindsight pointing out that my name is under it may have been a bad move

Father of your son's is a noticeable exception to this list
Not really when I was listing the names by the other poster who had omitted it.
Ok, I add father of my sons to it as well.

if worrying about meeting a transwomen in the toilet is your biggest problem in life, then you probably lead a pretty privileged existence

Quite the contrary. If worrying about meeting men in the toilet is the biggest problem in your life then you have probably lead a very hard existence, one which may well have included rape and sexual abuse. You would probably find yourself excluded from living a ‘normal’ life and being able to get out and about as you would know that you might not be able to find a safe toilet if you need it. You wouldn’t be able to go to the cinema, out for a meal, on a day trip out. Or alternatively you may come from a very conservative religious background and that fact that you might meet men in the toilets might be sufficient to stop the domineering men in your life/religion from allowing you freedom.

NOT worrying about men (however they identify) in toilets would be a sign of a privileged existence.

Ok, I add father of my sons to it as well.

Pretending that men in relationships are no threat to the women they are in relationships with is one of the most crass things I've ever read; when 2-3 women a week in the UK, get killed by someone they are/were in a relationship with.

Why is it that you 100% trust all men, and [keeping in the theme of the thread] 120% trust men who tell you they are something they evidently are not? How do you get to the point in life where you just believe everything someone tells you flat out?

Jack's Magic Beans are not real, and there is not a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow. Men cannot become women. It's all a lie.

Is war really a male preoccupation or is it just that more men have the power to wage it?

I'm sure historical queens have been pretty bloodthirsty.

Also, you're significantly more likely to die from choking on your food than from being murdered by a man.

For this reason I'd like to solemnly remind my fellow mumsnet posters to chew their food properly.

Food is a real danger to women.

Also, you're significantly more likely to die from choking on your food than from being murdered by a man

Really?

That is what this has come to. Murdered women and girls.

That is what this has come to. Murdered women and girls.

Indeed. And that's exactly how rape culture, rape apologists and predators proliferate and persist.

Ugh.

No kidding. I once choked on a carrot stick when I was home alone, aged 12. I can remember the absolute terror.

Since then, I only eat carrot sticks around other people. I cannot eliminate the risk of choking to death, but I can minimise it. And I do.

I also, unfortunately, cannot eliminate the risk of a man raping me. But I can minimise that risk, and I do.

(Sorry that was to Badger , I hadn’t refreshed)

Quite the contrary. If worrying about meeting men in the toilet is the biggest problem in your life then you have probably lead a very hard existence, one which may well have included rape and sexual abuse.

That's a good point

I'd like to solemnly remind my fellow mumsnet posters
Nothing solemn about your NAMALT trolling.

Historical female leaders had to demonstrate more of the qualities than men would respect than historical male leaders did. Patriarchy d’uh.

More people die from choking on food than from jumping out of a plane without a parachute. But if you jump out of plane it is still a good idea to wear a parachute.

Many more women are sexually assaulted and raped by men than die from choking on food. I don’t want to be sexually assaulted or raped either.

At the risk of repeating myself, I do not think anyone here is opposed to a female-only taxi service existing {female = observed female at birth}.

Some people think women are silly to want them. Fair enough, people can think what they want. I don’t mind people thinking I’m an idiot.

But (unless I have misunderstood someone) no one here opposes a female-only service existing.

But (unless I have misunderstood someone) no one here opposes a female-only service existing.

Yes some people do mind a female only service unless those female services also include males if they say they are women.