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Walmart fired Dani Davis, a 6'4" cisgender woman, after a man who mistook her for transgender verbally threatened her in a women’s restroom at a Florida store.

Davis, visibly shaken, reported the March 14 incident to her immediate supervisor but was fired for not informing salaried management, allegedly creating a “security risk.”

Davis called the firing discriminatory. After viral backlash, Walmart offered to reinstate her with back pay.

Davis, a longtime employee, is uncertain about returning, citing fears of a hostile work environment.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 74 points 2 days ago (2 children)

once again: transphobia is just misogyny

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago

bring back all access grumpiness towards all

[–] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

TERFs also are misogynists. They hate women that don’t fit their mold.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

terfs are misogynistic as fuck.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can't just say everything you don't like is misogyny.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I didn't. I said transphobia is misogyny. if you disagree I'd be happy to hear anything more substantive than "nuh-uh".

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Transphobia is transphobia. Misogyny is misogyny.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

so you don't have anything. let me help you: give me an example of transphobia in the real world that doesn't have roots in misogyny. should be easy enough to point to any example considering how much we're swimming in transphobia lately.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 0 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

so in response to me saying give me an example of transphobia that's not rooted in misogyny, you decided to cite the example that we were already talking about, literally in the comment thread which started by me saying this is just misogyny... and you thought that was not in any way fucking insane, is that correct?

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The whole comment train is me saying you're wrong, so rather than being insane, I think it's consistent.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

you haven't said anything. I asked you if you had anything other than "nuh-uh" and you keep demonstrating you don't.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Why should I? Misogyny is misogyny. Transphobia is transphobia. It's tautological. Suggesting that transphobia is secretly something else requires a high burden of proof.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I love that you used tautology as an argument like that's at all supposed to be convincing. Is that your contribution to the any discussion about whether X is Y?

"hotdog is hotdog. sandwich is sandwich. ooga booga." wow thanks dude very enlightening. people didn't know that different words were different, and I guess humans can't be animals because it's two different words.

It's not "secretly something else". It's obviously and blatantly misogyny.

Why do you think any time you hear something about transphobia it's about a woman? Why does no one talk about how trans men should use the women's restroom, or should compete in women's sports? Why do cis women constantly get harassed and falsely accused of being trans, even in high profile cases like Imane Khelif, by major outlets and leading transphobes like jowling kowling rowling?

because transphobia is rooted in misogyny, and is an extension of it. think about it: why would anyone give a shit about what people say and do about their gender if they didn't have strict opinions about gender roles and didn't see women as the "weaker sex"?

they wouldn't give a shit. being a man or woman literally wouldn't make a difference if they believed in gender equality. therefore they don't. and guess what, the inequal nature they believe in does not have women on top of the hierarchy.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

think about it: why would anyone give a shit about what people say and do about their gender if they didn’t have strict opinions about gender roles and didn’t see women as the “weaker sex”?

JK Rowling: "am I a joke to you?"

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

yes she is, which is why I LITERALLY USED HER AS MY ONE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OH MY FUCKING GOD WILL YOU PLEASE READ WITH YOUR EYES AND REGISTER THE WORDS WITH YOUR BRAIN BEFORE YOU START TYPING JKR IS A MASSIVE FUCKING MISOGYNIST

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

So we're back to "you can't just call anything you don't like misogyny".

I truly don't understand your angle. There's plenty of actual misogyny to rage against without also appropriating the struggles of trans people.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

first of all trans women are women, so misogyny affects them just the same. there's no appropriation here.

second of all, it's not "anything I don't like", she's a fucking misogynist. literally accused a woman, a cis woman at that, not that it matters to me but it ostensibly should to the likes of her, of being a man for looking a certain way. of course it doesn't matter to her though because she's a misogynistic cunt. even after knowing she was cis she didn't apologize or take back anything she said. she hates women.

I would say read her books but I wouldn't wish that upon my worst enemy so maybe listen to someone who has suffered through them and has something to say about her misogyny.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

What is this All Lives Matter bullshit rofl

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

literally nothing to do with all lives matter. I haven't seen so many brain broken takes in a row in so long.