. @jameskirkup is on the ball as ever.
As he notes one of the barriers to discussion of this topic is decorum and good manners
"If you’d asked to set out my limited journalistic ambitions, using the word ‘penis’ repeatedly in The Spectator would not have topped the list"https://twitter.com/jameskirkup/status/1204056806613536770 …
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"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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Yes. This brings back the experience of being sexually assaulted in a public toilet at that age, not daring to report it or tell anyone.
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I am sorry. I cannot understand how people can not see the problem with this, given all the experience, learning about why victims don't report, safeguarding case reviews etc...
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I got as far as; “[NO DOUBT SHE WOULD HAVE STOPPED BEING A LESBIAN FOR ME, BUT I DECIDED TO LET HER CARRY ON WITHOUT TOTALLY RECONFIGURING HER SEXUAL ORIENTATION. MY CALL.” & stopped. The level of narcissism & misogyny in that! Ugh!
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To be clear - the CAPS are mine, but the spirit behind them is all Eddie.
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