15 year old too old to stay womens side of shelter, too young to stay in mens side due to potential perverts, cause only men are abusers (x-post from r/UpliftingNews)

2014-12-03T14:29:40+00:00

Damn. The family is able to be in the shelter now, but only because the son is no longer with them because he is now in a mental facility after he felt it was his fault his family was on the streets, and had a breakdown.

brzcory · 2014-12-03T15:02:30+00:00

Salvation Army Captain Michael Cox says the organization has a longtime policy that prohibits boys ages 12 to 16 from staying at the shelter. According to Cox, the policy is in place for safety reasons; ultimately to protect children.

Protect children by forcing them to sleep on the streets? Seems legit. Right?

SpaghettiPatrolla · 2014-12-03T15:06:29+00:00

A 15 year old boy can't stay with women, because he would make them feel uncomfortable (unsafe) while they are in their pajamas, making him a potential sexual predator. But he also can't stay with men because he is young enough to be a target for sexual predators? WHAT!?

Mhrby · 2014-12-03T12:23:57+00:00

From the article

"They said he's too old to stay on the women's side, because of the women running around in their pajamas and they said he's too young to stay on the men's side in case some pervert wants to do whatever," Lejeune said.

This mirrors the case of airlines asking only male passengers to move away from unaccompanied children in the view of only men being potential offenders, while women are assumed to be trustworthy and safe to leave children around.

EDIT: Already posted by /u/Psionx0 here on /r/mensrights, but as a news regarding discriminating the boy, not about the discrimination aspect of men in general being viewed as offenders http://np.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/2nt2cv/are_you_a_boy_between_12_and_16_dont_go_to_the/

taughtmonk · 2014-12-03T14:49:11+00:00

I'm not entirely sure why anyone still supports the SA. They will help people only if you fit the criteria of who they want to help.

silly_vasily · 2014-12-03T17:20:40+00:00

Man, I ussualy don't get emotional or anything. but this shit broke my heart. I would actually file a human's right complaint. Imagine if they had such a rule against teenage girls, this shit would be all over tv and all those morning talk shows filled with women would go berserk

themcp · 2014-12-03T16:58:44+00:00

The real issue here is that Salvation Army discriminates against teen boys, just as they have a history of discriminating against gay men. They have every right to do so, they're incorporated as a church, but we can choose not to donate.

pwnerwpistol · 2014-12-03T15:51:21+00:00

So, let me get this straight... He can't stay on the women's side, "because of the women running around in their pajamas." Damn, if women in pajamas are really that sexy, and irresistible to rape, my co-ed college dorm must be a rape fest, because girls walk around in their pajamas all the time. Holy shit I can't believe the level of bureaucracy syndrome required for this amount of bullshit...

2014-12-03T20:57:24+00:00

the data shows women abuse children at a far higher rate than men do

2014-12-03T17:01:28+00:00

Down with feminist shelters!

Minoxidil · 2014-12-04T05:41:12+00:00

why are things like this always in the news for my state?

fuck this place.

Title	15 year old too old to stay womens side of shelter, too young to stay in mens side due to potential perverts, cause only men are abusers (x-post from r/UpliftingNews)
Author	Mhrby
Upvotes	306
Comments	24
Date	December 3, 2014 12:22 PM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/2o5d0i/15_year_old_too_old_to_stay_womens_side_of/
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