Even writing a list of these things is undignified!
They are not things you really want to be talking about willynilly with your broad social network
And any unknown accounts that do want to strike up conversation may be enjoying it a bit too much
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And if you don't want talk about this body stuff (or about genitals) in public .... you definitely don't want to be sharing intimate confined spaces with colleagues, classmates & strangers of the opposite sex when doing them
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Which is why we have single sex spaces & services. So you don't have to. People who make guidelines and rules (
@EHRC I'm looking at you) it is your responsibility to have these conversations, because it is unfair to expect teenage girls to negotiate these things with grown menShow this thread -
Grown men like
@eddieizzard who thinks it it is fine to go into a women's loo because he wants to change into a dress, and who views the teenage girls who are frightened as big meanies https://medium.com/@MichaelConroy68/my-first-day-out-by-eddie-izzard-c8ff9bcae245 … (h/t@MichealConraoi )Show this thread -
"What do you find most difficult about using a woman's restroom today" asks the Hollywood Reporter ....
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Women & girls boundaries are so hard to talk about. Its embarrassing to talk about body stuff. Its hard to draw a line when its not clear what is appropriate Its impolite to say no when boundaries are pushed And then you get called a prude
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Which is why we shouldn't don't make people negotiate whether 'single sex' spaces can include members of the opposite sex on a case-by-case base basis. "We are not going to start a scenario where we go and you know perform inspections on people are we? " says Jo Swinson.
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Its a common trope that is used to shut down the discussion if someone raises this issue clearly enough. Its aggressive.
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No the teenage girl, the woman at work, the patient going for a mammogram does not want to think about, inspect, discuss or know anything anyone's genitals. They just want to be able to go about normal everyday, embarrassing, personal body stuff with ordinary privacy.
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