Sexual descrimination

Geordie_bear

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

And in India, too. Women-only carraiges, anyway.

what about crowded corridors or going to theatres or sporting events where humans are crowded closely together. I mean where does it stop? It seems to be there 1 rule book for female equality & another for male equality & it stinks!

Errata

Geordie_bear wrote: »

or drunken women coming up to you & groping your tackle. Works both ways you know!

At 8 in the morning on the London Underground there's no room for anyone to come up to you - drunk or sober.

Geordie_bear

Errata wrote: »

At 8 in the morning on the London Underground there's no room for anyone to come up to you - drunk or sober.

Indeed, however the point I'm making is it takes alsorts, we're all different & it's wrong to assume that men conveniently position themselves close to a female in order to rub up against them. If the trains packed like a tin of sardines most have no choice & believe me some would gladly love the choice as I personally hate my space invaded!

dodger1

Mishomeister wrote: »

Hi, just looking to rent the studio in London, however beeing buttered too much by a female-ony adverts. Whilst understandable that live-in landladies don't want to live with men for security purposes etc.
There are plenty of this type of adverts:

http://www.gumtree.com/p/flats-houses/studio-flat-to-rent-in-hounslow-central/82822722

Brand New Studio Flat available for rent in Hounslow Central, Around 8-10 Mins walk to Hounslow Central Tube Station.

Brand New Kitchen and Toilet & Shower room.

Ideal for working Professional Lady !

Female Only

£600 Including All Bills.

Call for more information on;
07426860440 , 02085721402

Now this looks like a simple sexism and descrimination against men and it looks no different from an advert saying whites ony, justifying that blacks statisticly are more likely to commmit thye crime etc.

My question is, how legal all this and are there any places, I could report them ?

For me the legality would be irrelevant, I'd ignore the ad and just move on to the next property.

neverdespairgirl

Geordie_bear wrote: »

what about crowded corridors or going to theatres or sporting events where humans are crowded closely together. I mean where does it stop? It seems to be there 1 rule book for female equality & another for male equality & it stinks!

I was talking about women-only train carriages in India. Where there certainly isn't gender equality!

J_i_m

Gosh... Equality, diversity and discrimination. It's very much influenced by so called "political correctness".

Equal opportunity only exists on paper, in reality it's ever so slightly impractical, the actual legislation is also very difficult to actually meet.

In the case of the person stipulating no male tenants in their studio, which they themselves are living in as well... as far as I'm concerned they are well within their rights there. Whether or not their agent were within legislation to sanction the advert is another matter.

As with all things like this, it calls for some common sense. I mean.. would you expect a male to walk into their doctors surgery and demand to be given the contraception pill? No you wouldn't, if you did, you'd probably expect the same of tampons or something which would be boarding the ridiculous. In some ways this theory applies to women only areas, generalisations aside it's a well know fact that women are far more likely to feel uncomfortable amongst men in a public place, than men are to feel uncomfortable around women. With this in mind, I don't see women only areas as un-reasonable. By the same token, if a place decides it's wants to be a male only area, then women should have little reason to complain.

Errata

Geordie_bear wrote: »

Indeed, however the point I'm making is it takes alsorts, we're all different & it's wrong to assume that men conveniently position themselves close to a female in order to rub up against them. If the trains packed like a tin of sardines most have no choice & believe me some would gladly love the choice as I personally hate my space invaded!

No assumption, just the bitter and freqent experience of me, my female family members and female friends.

J_i_m

I think Geordie_bear might have a slight bee in his bonnet in this thread, he may be over doing it, but it's by no means an entirely unfair viewpoint.

He seems to think that women seek equality, and certain standards of treatment by men. To pick a public example... the TV programme Loose Women... the brief moments I might happen upon it whilst crossing channels I've only seen it be very derogatory towards men in all sorts of ways, maybe some of it has a point. But my point is that if there were to be a programme on the other foot "Loose Men" for example... then points of view and off-com would simply inundated every week with furious complaints from women.

Yet, because the example I picked is against men... by women it's viewed of as ok and socially acceptable, I think this is kind of thing Geordie_bear is getting at. If it's not socially acceptable for men to behave in a certain way, then why is it socially acceptable for women to behave in the way that would so outrage them if it were men?

Geordie_bear

Errata wrote: »

No assumption, just the bitter and freqent experience of me, my female family members and female friends.

Yeah of a packed train? If you're male how are you supposed to position yourself on a train without any female thinking you're trying to contact their anatomy on purpose, it's a packed train for heaven sake. Besides how do you not know that a lesbian lady may not have been doing the same as these men you accuse for the same thrills? Like I say the human race comes in all different shapes & sizes don't tar all men with the same brush!

Pupnik

Geordie_bear wrote: »

Yeah of a packed train? If you're male how are you supposed to position yourself on a train without any female thinking you're trying to contact their anatomy on purpose, it's a packed train for heaven sake. Besides how do you not know that a lesbian lady may not have been doing the same as these men you accuse for the same thrills? Like I say the human race comes in all different shapes & sizes don't tar all men with the same brush!

It is one thing to be squished in with people, it is another when there is someone with an erection subtley rubbing himself on you.