I have gotten to the point where if opposite direction “traffic” moves into my path, I go ahead and bump them. Also, if the person is too fixated on their phone—I bump them.
It’s not just access to abortion that these groups are targeting, but access to family planning of all types and women’s healthcare in general. The conversation should really be focus on allowing women to take care of the their health as they see fit, not some random men they don’t know.
I used to run the Jr.TARDIS’s strollers into men’s ankles who wouldn’t yield and then yell “THANKS FOR KICKING MY BABY, YOU DICK” over my shoulder at them. Seriously, it’s a ROLLING BABY coming at you. Fucking move! It’s not like I have twins and a double-wide stroller or anything.
I had a similar thought while reading the article. We’ll never know....
It’s sad that, though a woman may not be morally opposed to getting an abortion, the aggressively negative reactions and opinions of others is enough to maybe dissuade them from making the right choice for themselves.
My first thought was that it’s nice that her boyfriend still went with her. My second thought was maybe he just accompannied her to make sure she didn’t back out.
You’re probably just a polite person, so that’s what you notice. I’ve come across the same thing as these ladies when I’m at my company’s office in NY, or in the airport. Men kind of plow through with their luggage and bags and expect you to give them plenty of room. Though I work with a lot of wannabe execs, so that…
Literally the only man I know who steps aside for women is my boyfriend. I have only been run into by a woman a handful of times and it was always because they didn’t see me. It is not unusual for me to collide with men two or three times a day on the way to/from my office. They. Do. Not. Move. The same with them…
THIS
I’ve never had an abortion. I’ve *knock on wood* never been pregnant.
Yeah, I still move to the right because I still want to be kind of polite and I still expect they would to, but I don’t turn my body at all or narrow my gait. I do combine this with a stare down that usually gets people out of my way but if not I nudge them off to their right.
It’s not always men, though I agree they are the worst offenders. If anyone in Los Angeles has ever walked the sidewalk near Larchmont on a busy Saturday, you get the feeling no one wants to share it. It’s like they’re all entitled and rich and used to underlings moving out of their way at work that they expect the…
I feel like this is an American thing too (although I’m sure gender plays into it).
I’ve lived in Germany (Berlin/Munich) and a few other European countries, and no matter the gender, it was super common to fight for sidewalk space. Even in Japan, you would basically play chicken 24/7.
I was walking across a college campus one day and I was in A Mood so I was striding with extreme purpose when a young guy stepped off the grass onto the sidewalk and just stood there, directly in front of me. I lowered my shoulder instead of trying to avoid him. I didn’t turn around to look, but based on the sound he…
Yeah, there are a lot of assholes out there, many (many, many many, so many) of whom are men.
I seriously test this is my spare time.
I was happy with it because of the way I said it, it was hard to tell if I was giving a mixed up apology, or being sarcastic. Confusing and upsetting nasty people is my favourite hobby. ;)
Not sure it’s only a male v. female dynamic, but find that when there is a bulky person or a group coming in the opposite direction, I, a woman, am supposed to move out of the way. Yesterday, there was a group of four walking abreast coming towards me when an unexpected fifth came up from behind on my side and blocked…