Too much reaching out
So now The Body Shop is telling us what to think – and in fact telling us to think lies are truth. The Body Shop, for god’s sake. Hey has anybody asked Pizza Hut what it thinks?
we stand with ALL menstruators.
What for? And how? What do they do, summon all menstruators so that they can stand with them? What if the menstruators would rather sit, or run, or not be anywhere near The Body Shop?
But then the serene confident way they tell a woman that men menstruate.
People have periods – women, men and non-binary people.
They don’t though. Men don’t have periods. Commercial enterprises that sell lotion or shoes or chainsaws or dog food don’t get to tell us that men menstruate any more than they get to tell us that Donald Trump is a decent thoughtful compassionate man.
And then blah blah blah – it’s Pride month, conversations, educate ourselves, be inclusive, stand together (what is all this standing?). It’s a product, not an ideology. And men are not women.
What the everliving fuchsia? Do people even hear themselves?
I stand with all menstruators?
What, in the bloody corner then? Pervs.
That word is so bizarre my spell check underlines it no matter how I spell it.
And the ‘transwomen’ pushing all this crap, they aren’t and never will be “menstruators.” So they don’t stand with the TIMs then?
The TIMs won’t mind, as this excersize in language policing helps to undermine the definition of “woman,” which is the point of the operation. TIMs will sit, er, stand back and reap the rewards. Chest feeding; front hole; gestators. It’s all of a piece, and all Orwellian.
As I saw pointed out elsewhere, there’s no equivalent push to rename men “ejaculators,” in health literature, is there? The primary objective of “inclusive” language that hides the female sex (but leaves men alone) is the erasure of women. In the end it will be “men” and “non men.”
I don’t know how to share images here, but there is one going around of a blurb for a New Scientist article about a chemical released by ova. Here’s how they worded it:
“A person’s eggs release chemicals after sex that preferentially attract sperm from certain people, which might help explain why some people have fertility problems.”
I go into Home Depot, I want an effin’ shovel, I don’t want to hear about their BS philosophy and pandering and all that. Just sell me the shovel. Now the Body Shop is someplace I never shopped but I hope lots of real women and their allies stop shopping there.
The “science” article — sorry, I just can’t even with that today.
Thanks, Ophelia.
Insulting those upon whom you depend for your living is never wise, one or two very odd niches apart. As shops reopen they will be very vulnerable to direct action from those who feel insulted – all it will take is for people to go in one or two at a time and browse without buying anything.
Seems forward-thinking. A place called “Body Shop” can’t afford to alienate people who purchase parts of their bodies. If the transhumanists get their way, this could be a huge market soon. Lavender-scented, chakra-restoring phalloplasty creme, anyone?
lol
I forgot to notice that angle. You’re right, it does make perfect sense! Vaginas on the pink side of the shop, penises on the blue.
The Body Shop’s clientele is almost entirely women, quite a few who won’t be shopping there again.
Has any commercial organisation done “solidarity statements” without sounding pompous and/or impertinent? Get over yourselves, who cares what slap and grease merchants think about anything?