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Cali Bike Shop Bans Men from Store Certain Nights, Claims Males are "Intimidating"
Pundit Press ^ | 4/20/15 | Aurelius

Posted on 04/20/2015 8:29:04 AM PDT by rightistight

Feeling that bicycle maintenance is too male-centric, Bike Forth, a community bike shop in California, will open its doors every other Tuesday specifically to cater to the “Women Trans Femme” (WTF) communities. Every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, everyone is welcome, but men are not allowed to shop on these Tuesdays.

Volunteers at the shop noticed that “most” of their customers were men, so they felt that they should be banned occasionally so that “other” communities would feel welcome and not intimidated.

Anne Hereford, a volunteer at Bike Forth who helped initiate Women Trans Femme Night, said, “The idea is for people who might feel uncomfortable coming to the shop in general to have a safe space to come and learn about bikes. At the shop it’s a very supportive community, but some people still feel intimidated about coming to work on their bikes, specifically women and people who identify as women.”

She continued, “We want to empower them to work on their bikes, and if that means having a special night where they can come and not feel intimidated then that’s what we want to offer.”

...The store claims that they are not actually banning men, but simply uninviting them from being allowed inside. “We don’t exactly turn people away — we say, ‘Do you identify as part of this community?’” Hereford explained. “If you don’t feel you’re a member of the Women Trans Femme community, this is not a space that you’re invited to. So it’s more of a self-selection.”

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To: rightistight

I am woman hear me roar just don’t let men in the door.


41 posted on 04/20/2015 9:07:25 AM PDT by redangus
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To: rightistight

Liberal hypocrisy at its best. Two weeks ago the nation was in an uproar because of an Indiana law that would allow businesses - under very narrow circumstances - to use a claim of religious conscience to refuse to provide a service to a particular customer. We were told how horrible it was to refuse service to “entire classes of people,” even though that was not within the scope of the law. Now we have a liberal business refusing service to an entire class of people, and it is apparently just fine.


42 posted on 04/20/2015 9:10:30 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: rightistight
"At the shop it’s a very supportive community, but some people still feel intimidated about coming to work on their bikes, specifically women and people who identify as women.”

I feel intimidated in some Seattle stores because I think if they knew I was a conservative, I would be treated disrespectfully. Should those stores have a "conservatives only" day?
43 posted on 04/20/2015 9:12:25 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: rightistight
"Feeling that bicycle maintenance is too male-centric, Bike Forth, a community bike shop in California, will open its doors every other Tuesday specifically to cater to the “Women Trans Femme” (WTF) communities. Every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, everyone is welcome, but men are not allowed to shop on these Tuesdays."

Change that to "gays are not allowed to shop on these Tuesdays" and you'd have a national uproar.
44 posted on 04/20/2015 9:14:33 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: rightistight
Volunteers at the shop noticed that “most” of their customers were men, so they felt that they should be banned occasionally...

Ban "most" of your customers. Now there's a bit of business acumen. On the days they are allowed, male customers should receive a punch in the mouth in the name of "social justice". They'll be flocking in.

45 posted on 04/20/2015 9:19:24 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: rightistight

I’m a lesbian trapped in a man’s body.


46 posted on 04/20/2015 9:28:38 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: rightistight

Hetero-Male-phobes! What weak fools.


47 posted on 04/20/2015 9:43:22 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Steve_Seattle

To tell the truth, I don’t object to the idea of swimming pool hours for ladies only. My Christian wife would prefer that too.


48 posted on 04/20/2015 9:46:13 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: rightistight

Cali Golf Shop Bans Obama from Store Certain Nights, Claims Woossies are “Intimidating”

there fixed it


49 posted on 04/20/2015 9:47:22 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 ("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione."))))
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To: rightistight

Who's in charge of the Sheila Test?

50 posted on 04/20/2015 9:51:05 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Billthedrill; All
Volunteers at the shop noticed that “most” of their customers were men, so they felt that they should be banned occasionally...

Volunteers? So they don't pay a 'living wage'? I'm sure those who hate the '1%' will be protesting soon...wait what?
51 posted on 04/20/2015 10:01:55 AM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington DC has become the enemy of free people everywhere)
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To: ryan71

“Just for fun, if I was a customer, I’d get some of my buddies together and picket...”

...you’d be arrested and wouldn’t see the light of day for many years.


52 posted on 04/20/2015 10:12:16 AM PDT by albie
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To: rfreedom4u
What if the man identifies as a woman but still dresses the part of a man?

Yep. Men should just show up and tell them they are "pre-op transwomen."

53 posted on 04/20/2015 10:14:42 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (The greatest danger facing our world: the marriage of militant Islam with nuclear weapons.-Netanyahu)
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To: rightistight
Anne Hereford, a volunteer at Bike Forth who helped initiate Women Trans Femme Night

Hmmm.

54 posted on 04/20/2015 10:49:55 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: MortMan

Except that at UC Davis, their most lucrative clientele is a bunch of self-hating leftists. Who happen to be male. Or females that want to be male. Or males that want to be female.


55 posted on 04/20/2015 11:06:37 AM PDT by Pecos (What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.)
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To: Pecos

Then the store will survive. They have a right to do this, but the purchasing public has a right to determine if what the store does is acceptable to them.


56 posted on 04/20/2015 12:00:51 PM PDT by MortMan (All those in favor of gun control raise both hands!)
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To: Genoa
"To tell the truth, I don’t object to the idea of swimming pool hours for ladies only. My Christian wife would prefer that too."

But I doubt the city would have approved the idea if it had been proposed by Christians.
57 posted on 04/20/2015 2:38:37 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: rightistight
I remember when the Base Exchange at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base had a "men only" night. Men could go in and buy sexy things for their wives/girlfriends without feeling stupid.
58 posted on 04/21/2015 2:25:42 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney ( book, RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY, available from Amazon)
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To: Arm_Bears
"...The store claims that they are not actually banning men, but simply uninviting them from being allowed inside...."

"Comrade: We are not actually killing you and you family, and then dumping your bodies in this pit.

We are simply disinviting you from living."

Does anyone else see where this is going?

59 posted on 04/24/2015 11:52:22 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Death To Traitors. We'll Bring The Rope.)
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To: Genoa
"...To tell the truth, I don’t object to the idea of swimming pool hours for ladies only. My Christian wife would prefer that too..."

From a Christian perspective this is simply modesty and thus common sense.

From a muslim perspective it is

a) So muslim men will not be incited to lust and thus rape, which would be wholly understandable and justified, and

b) It's just part and parcel of their cultural takeover of our country. We pay for this service we can no longer use, and that's a victory in their minds.

60 posted on 04/24/2015 12:02:33 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Death To Traitors. We'll Bring The Rope.)
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