Single sex spaces - old way they use to punish the men

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Tinysoxxx · 19/11/2023 21:43

Watching Bill Bailey on Channel 4 touring Western Australia. Amazing place.
His first stop was The Pinnacles. According to Aboriginal legend, it was an area reserved for women but men couldn’t keep out. So they were turned into stone. ‘Fossilised perverts’. Gave me a laugh but realised this has been going on for a while…..

https://www.aboriginalartuk.com/post/2017/11/25/sacred-places-the-pinnacles#:~:text=There%20are%20many%20myths%20about,sacred%20place%20reserved%20for%20women.

Sacred Places | The Pinnacles

The Pinnacles Desert is deep within the Nambung National Park, in Western Australia. It is an other worldly landscape with thousands of jagged Limestone pillars piercing the desert sands, some over five meters tall. The Pinnacles are an ever changing s...

https://www.aboriginalartuk.com/post/2017/11/25/sacred-places-the-pinnacles#:~:text=There%20are%20many%20myths%20about,sacred%20place%20reserved%20for%20women.

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BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 20/11/2023 17:36

We should bring that back.

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Tinysoxxx · 20/11/2023 21:53

Can you imagine? Sorry can’t get in that cubicle. There’s a large standing stone we’re trying to wheel out.

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ArthurbellaScott · 20/11/2023 22:10

'Get your rocks off'

'Not like that'

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Tinysoxxx · 20/11/2023 22:33

😂

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Tinysoxxx · 20/11/2023 22:41

To be fair the area sounds wonderful - a sacred place for Indigenous women and 'women's business' as the Aborigines call it. Women gathered at this place to camp, give birth, hold ceremonies and forage for food.

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JanesLittleGirl · 20/11/2023 22:59

I can see the attraction but you would never get into the Ladies' in central London for the 6 foot blocks of stone at the entrance.

IcakethereforeIam · 20/11/2023 23:53

They'd all have a handy ledge just below waist height.

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