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Girls Using Walking Sticks

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Arran2024 · 08/07/2025 18:57

I saw a post about this on X this morning. Apparently it is a trend.

Anyway, I went into town this afternoon and sure enough, I saw a number of young women with walking sticks. None of them looked like they were leaning hard on their stick, just kind of walking along like it was a big umbrella.

Is anyone else seeing this?

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HopeMumsnet · 09/07/2025 09:19

Hi all,
We have received a few general reports suggesting that this thread is by its very nature ableist but, having reviewed it, we don’t believe it breaches our TGs.
Disability is, understandably, a topic that brings strong feelings and we take accusations of ableism seriously. But in this case we see a user raising a question about something they’ve observed and others responding in a largely thoughtful way.
It’s worth bearing in mind that visible mobility aids can be used for a wide range of reasons, including by people with invisible or fluctuating conditions but noting a social shift or asking questions about it isn’t, in itself, a rule break.
As ever, please do report specific posts if you think they cross the line (we accept that it's possible that we may have missed something in our review, of course) and please do bear in mind that you can hide threads you'd rather not see.

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