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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Some women at a women's shelter, having been deeply traumatized by men, are uncomfortable around trans women. Would you support the shelter making a subsection for these women that excludes trans women?
  • Yes, subsection
    42%
  • Yes - the whole shelter
    19.6%
  • No, definitely not
    15.7%
  • Uncertain/results
    22.7%
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@vgman94
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@Aella_Girl
With hesitation, I chose definitely not. My reasoning is that if we condone/encourage people to accept that discomfort, it doesn’t help to conquer their trauma, but prolong it or allows it to become a cyclical pattern. Also, judging others by what 1 person did is not ok.
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uncatherio
@uncatherio
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@Aella_Girl
*Private* rooms/areas, rather than validating some "people with trait X make me uncomfortable" dispreferences as valid/legitimate and not others Some people might have been traumatized by "people who wear hats" but I'm not gonna make whole "no hat" sections as a result...
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@uncatherio
I'm not necessarily disagreeing, but wondering how you feel about the existence of women's shelters themselves, which are drawing a "private" area away from men - do you feel shelters should be nongendered?
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TPRJones
@TPRJones
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@Aella_Girl
No. Why? Let's try this: "Some white women at a women's shelter, having been deeply traumatized by people of color, are uncomfortable around blacks. Would you support the shelter making a subsection for these white women that excludes minorities?"
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