Political Correctness Gone MadFreddy Woo writes: "I once worked on an animation to help highlight the issues homeless people face in winter. The client was happy with the work, then a note came back that the ethnic mix of the characters were wrong. These were cartoon characters. They weren't meant to be ethnically anything, but we were forced to make one of them brown, at the cost of about 10k to the charity. This is how your donations are spent. Wisely as you can see."
How has PC affected you? (Please add your own tales - not five-year-old news stories cut-and-pasted from other websites)
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 10:20)
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Swimming PoolHere’s something that really, REALLY got on my tits. As it were.
When I lived in Nottingham, my local swimming pool was open from 7:30am till about 8pm. I never used to get home from work till late, and weekends are always erratic, so I tried to swim early in the mornings on weekdays.
However, EVERY weekday morning session from opening till 9am was for ‘Ladies Only’; which made it impossible for me to use the pool during the week.
I spoke to the manager about this, and asked if it was really necessary to have a women only session every single morning; it wasn’t fair on any bloke in the same situation as me, and to be perfectly honest, (the following is paraphrased) I found it a bit insulting that it was assumed that because I was male I would find it impossible not to start publicly masturbating at the sight of a bunch of female swimmers, simply because there was a pair of labia hidden somewhere underneath their rolls of fat and badly coloured bikinis.
I was told that the ‘women only’ policy was necessary because of the high Muslim population in the area, and the fact that the council had to be sensitive to their needs of not being seen partially clothed. I asked if they had any figures on the numbers of Muslim women attending these sessions to see if this justified the council's policy; as I didn't believe it would. I was told they didn't have any figures, no.
The pool could get pretty busy on weekends, so I asked if it would be possible to schedule a ‘men only’ session, (thinking 50% less people would attend). I was told in no uncertain terms that this would never happen.
Why the fuck should I be excluded from using the swimming pool (which my council tax pays for) every fucking day, because of some fucking hang-up other people have? I pretty sure this must constitute some breach of The Sex Discrimination Act, as it clearly discriminations against men in the provision of facilities, services and premises.
I did plan to get some sort of half-arsed legal case together and see where it took me. But instead, I chilled out, had a smoke and played Resident Evil 4. For the next 3 months. Then I moved to Shrewsbury.
It still fucks me off though.
But then again, so does pretty much everything.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 15:41, 5 replies)
good reaction!*clicks*
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 1:36, closed)
As a regular swimmerI have to agree. This is a stupid policy that nonetheless seems to be in force in every pool I've been to.
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chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 11:22,
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GaysMy local leisure centre had a mens only night for the Gym, it was cancelled when one of the attendants walked in on a few men all busy pleasuring each other in the showers.
They still have a womens only night though. I like to imagine the mass lesbian orgy in the showers.
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 15:32, closed)
Over 50'sMy local pool has an "Over 50's" swimming session. That must be age discrimination, however more importantly I hate to think of the urine content of the water at the end of the session!
Load of dribbling oldies doing the worlds slowest breaststroke.
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 16:11, closed)
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