List of businesses throwing women under the bus

[Porseb]

I couldn't find a thread but seeing that BodyShop tweet to JK Rowling has me incensed and I'm fairly new to this so please can you list any other business that has thrown women under the bus in this whole TWAW issue.

I want to support businesses that recognise that women want to and can have safe spaces, they want their identity to remain (ie they continue to use the words girl, woman in their literature).

So far, from reading posts, I can see:
BodyShop
M&S
John Lewis
Waitrose

Thanks

[JellyFishSquish]

Ta, Purple. Good to know. I will go, and tell them why.

[PurpleHoodie]

They did.

[JellyFishSquish]

Has the Co-op bank really refused WPUK 's business because they are a supposed hate group? Need to know if I have to switch banks...

[Cantteach]

I have 2 policies with Aviva but I don't want to give them anymore money if they are supporting Peter Thatchell. The best quotes I've had (which unfortunately are both more expensive because I'm much older than I was when I took them out with Aviva) are will Legal & General. I can't see them on this list and I can't find anything immediate about them online but I don't want to switch and then switch again. So, to the best of everyone's knowledge are they ok?

[SerenityNowwwww]

John Lewis changed their changing rooms to unisex and fold women to piss off because it was all about being inclusive and people (but not women being ‘comfortable’.

Ocado agreed with some idiots who whined until a billboard with the dictionary definition of Woman was written out because of hurty feelings.

Waitrose - by associations to JL?

BFI is a new entry at number 10zzz

[BolloxtoGender]

Waitrose
Ocado
John Lewis

Why? What did they do.

[PamDenick]

Anyone else to boycott?
Am definitely boycotting The Body Shop. IF (and it's a big IF) they issued a thoughtful and woman-appreciating apology then I MIGHT consider supporting them again (am near their factory, a big employer in the area) but I feel they might be beyond help.

[SerenityNowwwww]

Wagamama with its unisex loos.

[TheDogsMother]

Its beyond me why all these stores are falling over themselves to be seen to be supporting a tiny proportion of the population while alienating so many others. Women are very often the decision makers when it comes to what to buy and from where so it seems like commercial madness.

Another restaurant for the list. Pho, with its gender neutral loos.

[PurpleHoodie]

We should all point out to The Eve Appeal that it is Women/women who still have their cervix/women who have not had cervical removal.

They are going to lose ££££ over this.

Is someone in their team going through personal issues that means they now hate women/a particular woman and are projecting. If so, someone in their management team needs to get to the bottom of it.

[Permanantlypuzzled]

TWANW.
That is a fact.

[NiceLegsShameAboutTheFace]

It’s amazing how many businesses you’re having to boycott. You’ll be running out of places to shop

@Burgundy1844 We're resourceful; we'll manage. But thanks for your concern

[SerenityNowwwww]

Have a glass of wine and take a deep breath.

I peak-peaked on Monday and really got very cross indeed (understatement) - it was a few things then definitely the last straw broke this camel's back.

It is very frustrating when companies ignore you, or you know that big business is merely pandering to the 'minority' flavour of the month and don't actually give a shit about them - or the legacy damage that will be caused when they drop them like a hot brick and are all off chasing the 'three-legged-albino-vegan-cat' woke cookies.

[Thehollyandtheirony]

I'm too angry to articulate my argument right now, but I will.

[SerenityNowwwww]

Did you respond?

It's a ridiculous turn of phrase, it makes me think of medical museums with 'things in bottles' or Dennis Nealson with 'things in his fridge'.

[Thehollyandtheirony]

The fucking Eve Appeal are at it now too. I just got an email about cervical screening “everyone with a cervix”. Nowhere was the word woman mentioned, although it does feature in their logo but for how long?.
I’m so cross, they are my go to charity. I fling money at them every time I see a friend collecting for Cancer Research- i.e. I want to support the friend in raising money for a cancer charity but I would rather give it to a charity who knows what a woman is.

[SerenityNowwwww]

Metro (no surprise).

metro.co.uk/2020/06/16/have-one-day-stop-boris-scrapping-reforms-gender-recognition-act-12862584/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

[Lordfrontpaw]

We need a spreadsheet!

[PamDenick]

Thank you. I am aware of The Body Sop, M and S and Top Shop.
Bye bye my money. But evidence of why to boycott other organisations would be appreciated.

[Blackdoggotmytonguestill]

It’s an interesting question if boycotts should be extended for beliefs, isn’t it? I’m rather of the opinion that people are allowed to believe whatever they want - we are all individuals. Where it gets sketchy is when individuals or entities try to enforce belief systems on others, and support (potentially mandatory) re-education of those with different beliefs. Particularly where those beliefs are in direct opposition to reality.
I don’t give a toss what my local farmer believes. (And I’m pretty sure biology is pretty high up on the list).
I’m not keen on the mandatory training at work where the local TRA comes in to convince people to believe that TWAW. (That’s the stated aim of the session and beliefs are the primary crux.) I do have to pay my mortgage though, so I reserve the right to hypocrisy on that front. (We have individual gender neutral toilets and three changing rooms for the gym - male,female, gender-neutral). I recognize and admit my hypocrisy on that score in the same way that I recognize my complicity on the odd occasion that I shave my legs.
Given the choice, though, I choose to spend my money in places that don’t actively shit on women. The fact that my employer gives me money makes it easier to choke down the bitter pill. Bit like our mate Dan (except he isn’t quite so up front about his hypocrisy). The main difference is that if I spout off I’ll be homeless. And they mostly get it right.
Believe whatever you like. Don’t impose your beliefs on others. And don’t use your beliefs as an excuse to threaten to rape or murder those who don’t share them. Or as a way to publicly piss on survivors of abuse.
My money, my choice.

[bd67thSaysReinstateLangCleg]

But for me personally and my personal hard-earned cash, it makes a difference to me whether my few pence end up supporting anti-women causes or not.

This. I refuse to give my money to misogynists if I can possibly do otherwise. And if that means sewing my own clothes, so be it.

[bd67thSaysReinstateLangCleg]

Unison members might consider writing to their general secretary, carbonning their shop steward, to remind them that employee toilets must be single-sex or single-occupant by law.

Also, this is why I keep saying that we need a women's union, independent of industry, to supply legal advice and support for women whose industry-specific union lets them down.

[whatnow40]

Unison supports employees wanting gender neutral toilets and silences members who object. They will not support a member who has raised a grievance about the introduction of gender neutral toilets. I don't know if they will offer a refund of fees in this instance though.

[Lordfrontpaw]

I seem to remember one of their twitter jockeys being quite snotty and rude. Then we all got told off on here for saying she was a dingbat.

I recently discovered that one of my pensions has moved provider to them. Why badly performing actually.

[ProfessorPootle]

[quote Marmight]@ProfessorPootle

What's Aviva done for you to add them to your list?

MN have a job advert on the front page for 'em...[/quote]
This is the type of stuff they have on their aviva pride Twitter, where ‘cis-women’ are a subset of women and Peter Tatchell is a ‘legendary campaigner’, campaigner to legalising paedophilia