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Erin Gloria Ryan, “Nurses Fight For Their Right To Refuse Women Care”, Jezebel.
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http://feministing.com/2011/07/19/overheard-in-the-mens-room/Here is an excerpt that reiterates what I say about everyone needing to pay attention to the implications of what they are saying even if it is a joke and they don’t think it directly affects them. I’m of the view that one of the reasons public sexism happens, whether it’s street harassment, sexist jokes, or objectifying comments in the men’s room, is because men don’t think they’ll be called out on it. And if they are called out on it, they’ll be called out by women – and in these situations, women’s objections don’t hold that much sway. As important as I think it is for women to register their discontent with sexist jokes and catcalling, I don’t think these things will go away until the men who do them can stop counting on the implicit approval of other men.In this case, I wouldn’t have a lot of credibility. I’m a woman (one with big tits, to boot), and I didn’t know these guys. Charles didn’t know them either, but at least he looked like them. He could pass for one of them. Furthermore, he had access to the space in which this conversation was taking place, and I did not.
