Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Illegal, sexist sign on Green Lanes - new sandwich bar
Not only is this offensive and condescending to women, but offensive and discriminatory against men. I spoke to someone who said he was in charge at the shop and was basically laughed at.
Please can every man who reads this ring them and apply for the job? There's also solicitors a few doors up who will help you sue them.
In all seriousness though, this and the leering and catcalling on the Harringay part of Green Lanes must make it the most sexist street in Britain. It's 2015, about time this was stamped out for good.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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The police are happy to use decoy cars to entrap people stealing / stealing from cars.
Why don't they get a plain-clothes policewoman to stroll down Green Lanes, followed discreetly by a couple of uniformed officers, and arrest the harassing men ?
It couldn't be that crimes against property are viewed more seriously than crimes against the person ?
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Permalink Reply by Junior Bennett on
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Course they are but from some of the account relayed here i reckon it would be a pretty easy win - dudes standing with their genitalia out? shocking....This troubles me far more than the shop window thing tbh.
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Permalink Reply by Lauren on
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More signs tonight on Misogyny Mile
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And here
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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Sorry Lauren that I'm not a camera carrier, but have you seen the 'TEACHERESS WANTED' at South Harringay? I was also taken aback down by Malet Street the other day to see RADA still brazenly referring to ACTRESSES.
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I'm sorry you're too stubborn to understand why this sort of thing upsets people. Maybe you could try to understand the underlying implications behind these signs on the windows of such businesses on Green Lanes, the attitudes towards women in society that they reinforce and why they are illegal? Or, if you don't want to understand it you could just keep your silly comments to yourself? You don't have to have an opinion on this, you know?
I'm not going to repeat the valid points already made on why they are offensive, but Osbawn made a good point (the one where he mentioned his daughter growing up).
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Oh you're talking about the Pramc*nt thing? Yes on that occasion it happened to be a woman driving the pram with a sense of entitlement and blatant disregard for the safety of other pavement users, but they can also be men. You get Vanc*nts and 4x4c*nts too (lots of those on Green Lanes), Trolleyc*nts (frequently in Sainsburys, but not so much in Waitrose) and even Umbrellac*nts (especially of the golfing variety) Basically people of any gender in charge of said vehicles or umbrellas who use them dangerously with no regard for the safety of others. I wasn't being a misogynist using the term, although one could argue that my accuser was being so by assuming the term applied specifically to women. It doesn't (the C word usually one that is used by men to other men anyway). Sorry for bringing the C word to this forum on a Sunday morning and all that, but I felt it permissible given that someone had done some digging and quoted me out of context. Happy to have set the record straight.
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"the C word usually one that is used by men to other men anyway"....
Wow...just...wow.
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It's not the term "waitress" that is offensive here. I was a waitress years ago. It is the use of it on these signs that is offensive. They want a woman to do the job because to them it is women's work, and they want someone they can leer at who won't answer back. A man could do the job, but they don't want a man for the reasons stated.
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Another one tonight at icuts . It never ends. Met with mocking when I explained to them it is illegal and sexist.
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