'Men, please be respectful and do not come in': Fury as posters for 'women and non-binary only' gym sessions are defaced to include 'everyone' at 150-year-old Cambridge College

Wisemanner · 2019-02-04T13:18:30+00:00

Women, please be respectful and do not enter men's locker rooms. Thanks.

lostapwbm · 2019-02-04T15:26:35+00:00

'Blacks, please be respectful and do not come in.'

'Jews, please be respectful and do not come in.'

'Women, please be respectful and do not come in.'

Isn't it fascinating how 'respect' in passive-aggressive womanspeak usually means 'eat shit' in common English?

PleasantHuman · 2019-02-04T19:00:01+00:00

1950s "segregation is bad and unfair"

2019 "segregation is good an only fair"

KappaHaus · 2019-02-04T16:51:26+00:00

I'm confused....surely any guy can simply say "uh...yeah I'm non-binary..or whatever..." and get in?

As in how are they going to police that? You can't TELL a guy he is not 'non-binary' if he says he is!

Akesgeroth · 2019-02-04T15:04:54+00:00

An sent an email to students saying the session was 'not a sanction against men'.

Specifically excluding men is not meant as a sanction against men. Right. Fuck you.

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2019-02-04T19:45:19+00:00

This is not a sanction against men. This is to serve a community that is marginalised and does not necessarily feel safe or comfortable exercising with men.

At a historically women's college.

It would be about like a private Christian college banning Muslims from the pool because some students don't feel safe.

This is toxic femininity: using feigned victimization to bully others.

2019-02-04T14:39:18+00:00

It's almost as if they expected the worm not to turn.

Maito_Guy · 2019-02-05T00:46:30+00:00

"This is to serve a community that is marginalised" She says while marginalising a community that is vastly under represented in higher education.

Aussiemate2 · 2019-02-04T16:40:59+00:00

Jews if you don't mind coming into this public space for an hour's thank you no I'm not a racist no I'm not a nazi I just don't feel safe around you with all shit aside they brought this is because apparently they don't feel safe around men ok what about the men that don't feel safe working out around women because the just got out of an abusive relationship with a female or their mother was abusive to them so they feel unsafe and uncomfortable around women if they were to give me an hour to themselves there wouldn't be a problem here but they brought this on themselves

2019-02-05T02:15:23+00:00

Individually, women are wonderful. Collectively they are moronic bigots.

BigDCSportsFan · 2019-02-04T14:32:21+00:00

I agree w/ the idea of women-only hours. However they are sexist and men only hours should be created as well

2019-02-05T08:52:48+00:00

This is an easy obstacle to overcome. You go in, and when they object you tell them you identify as a guinea pig. Simple.

SockCuck · 2019-02-05T13:40:57+00:00

Feminism stands against discrimination on the grounds of gender.

alt691 · 2019-02-05T14:13:37+00:00

Girton College is an inclusive community

Inclusivity through exclusivity!

We deplore the fact that a poster advertising access to the gym was defaced.'

It wasn't advertising access, it was advertising repudiation.

The college have since replaced the vandalised poster and are to continue their women and non-binary gym sessions.

So they've learned nothing.

andejoh · 2019-02-05T17:24:06+00:00

Doesn't that violate the equalities act? Women are not under represented. What about non-binaries who are not comfortable in the presence of women or Muslin men who are not comfortable in the presence of women? Shouldn't there be men only hours and maybe classes as well?

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