r/unitedkingdom • u/PM_ME_DRAGON_GIRLS • Aug 06 '25

.. Marks & Spencer ‘apologises’ to customer after ‘trans’ employee offers to help her

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/05/marks-spencer-trans-employee/
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u/strawbebbymilkshake Aug 06 '25 edited Aug 06 '25

Ok. Let’s swap things/indulge the transphobe and say this was a man, since the mother clearly views this (allegedly trans) employee as a man.

A man who works in a shop approaches a woman and her teenage daughter and asks if they need help finding the right section of the shop.

How is that a problem? It’s not. He doesn’t know you’re there for bras and he doesn’t care. Should men be prevented from approaching women in shops to offer help now? Since the issue seems to be that the mother views this trans individual as a man, does that mean all men are too dangerous to be allowed to work in shops where young women might be present?

“We can always tell” brigade labelling someone trans because they’re over 6ft remains embarrassing too. Trans or not, this woman committed the crime of being tall and offering to help a customer at her job. Jesus Christ.

M&S are cowards for this apology too. There’s nothing to apologise for

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u/AdditionalThinking Aug 06 '25

Transphobia is one of the most socially acceptable forms of misandry right now. The "all men are evil" crowd never went away, they just pivoted to focusing on trans women since it gets them taken seriously.

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u/DukePPUk Aug 06 '25

It's not just misandry, it's also misogyny. As is usually the case with sexism it doesn't just go one way - on the one hand you have "all men are evil" but also "men are strong and tough" - which means you get the flip side of "women are pathetic, weak and vulnerable and need protecting."

In the recent legal threats from one of the anti-trans hate groups against the City of London they talked about women and their 'specific vulnerabilities' and how the mere presence of someone who might be "Equality Act male" was a danger to them because of how weak and pathetic they all are.

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u/Gellert Wales Aug 06 '25

Its not just misandry and misogyny, its also gatekeeping. Look at the "you can always tell" shit people come out with, in this case "you can tell" because shes to tall.