Scarf in Suffragette colours not allowed in Scottish Parliament.

A jobsworth who had read an instruction that said women were not allowed to wear suffragette colours? In case it offended any trans person? In case a feminist can’t express herself by wearing those colours in the building?
It’s beyond crazy.

It's not ok.

It's not as if someone was exposing themselves or wearing something improper. Removing someone for wearing certain colours is absolutely ridiculous as many colours have many meanings. I think a lot more women are going to need one of those scarfs, just in protest.

Oreo

Women were picked on by an individual and a pretty idiotic one at that.Why though? There must have been an instruction from somebody higher up in the food chain.
It’s no good shouting volver this has backfired bigtime on the Scottish Parliament.

It might have just been a jobsworth, oreo.

Mollygo

Women Won’t Wheest are interested.

Yay for Women Won't Weesht!

Women were picked on by an individual and a pretty idiotic one at that.Why though? There must have been an instruction from somebody higher up in the food chain.
It’s no good shouting volver this has backfired bigtime on the Scottish Parliament.

"Well behaved women rarely make history" I understand if someone's outward behaviour requires them to be removed, if they were disruptive, for example.

But I don't agree with being removed because of wearing a scarf. When did it become offensive to express yourself with your choice of clothing?

Ooh how dare she day that. How naughty and radical

Correction to my post just now: the people picked on were women.

And if asking people to remove their scarves isn't "picky" I don't know what is.

Of course you are right Rosue

I absolutely love those colours, I haven't done any knitting for a while but I'm thinking half rainbow and half suffragettes on a scarf will look beautiful and I probably have enough scraps to do it

The pinned tweet from the woman who left the room's twitter feed.

Not about trans?

Pull the other one

volver

I'm going to put this in capitals. Yes, I know its shouting.

IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OR ANY POLITICIANS. IT WAS A SECURITY PERSON OVER REACTING. NOBODY WAS PICKING ON WOMEN.

But women were picked on.

VS
The suffragette colours don't belong to anyone, they are a symbol of women's struggle for equal rights. Who gave Stonewall permission to appropriate the rainbow? It was a Christian symbol of a covenant long before Stonewall were established. Should they hand it back?

This has been a thread about censorship and control of women, which has been apologised for now, not everything is about trans.

I'm going to put this in capitals. Yes, I know its shouting.

IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OR ANY POLITICIANS. IT WAS A SECURITY PERSON OVER REACTING. NOBODY WAS PICKING ON WOMEN.

It shows up committees and individuals who think they can tell women not to wear certain colours in case it ‘offends’ somebody volver .Turn this on it’s head and tell men they can’t wear rainbow scarves or lanyards, and see what happens then.

You made it trans Volver dear. Did I miss a mention by anyone else of that word-until VS joined in?

It's great publicity .
Do you think I could make lots of money advising organisations how to respond to gender critical 'protests' because they are so so bad at it.

I hope the publicity will have the effect it needs to have.

What effect does it need to have Oreo?

volver

www.thenational.scot/news/23126523.scottish-parliament-apology-woman-ejected-suffragette-scarf/

Can we calm down now?

Ah, thank you for sharing

So GC feminists have taken the suffragette colours for themselves?

As a feminist, I disapprove of those colours being used in any discriminatory way, especially in a meeting about trans issues. Maybe GC feminists could have their own colours instead

BTW, how many trans threads so far this week?

Current record is 4 in a week or 4 in 4 days

So an apology was issued for an ‘error’, three women were asked to take off scarves or leave.One left the room and the other two were intimidated into obeying.
This is not a storm in a teacup at all, it’s downright bullying behaviour by somebody in charge who thought they could and should get away with it.I hope the publicity will have the effect it needs to have.

I imagine she thought they would eventually learn from their mistakes but it appears not.

Women Won’t Wheest are interested.

Smart move on the part of the business owner, now everyone is probably googling suffragette scarves

volver

^I’m sure whoever wore the scarf never expected to have such an impact.^

Of course she did.

(Sorry, just unflounced myself)

You think she fully expected to be ejected from the room? Really? Then it wasn't an 'error' as was apologised for, but a known consequence. The official apology was a lie?

I’m sure whoever wore the scarf never expected to have such an impact.

Of course she did.

(Sorry, just unflounced myself)

Volver Oh. My. God. yes indeed, it was a precisely that.