I Miss Target!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The true creeps and criminals are not hiding in Target where there are cameras and good lighting. They are picking up your teens off the street, right of college campuses, after parties, and other areas where your teen is vulnerable.

He's not dumb enough to attack a group of loud girls in the middle of a store.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The true creeps and criminals are not hiding in Target where there are cameras and good lighting. They are picking up your teens off the street, right of college campuses, after parties, and other areas where your teen is vulnerable.

He's not dumb enough to attack a group of loud girls in the middle of a store.

Yes, because creeps never come to the dressing room.
http://www.winchesterstar.com/article/022216br
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-08-15/news/9708140778_1_leonard-gray-ross-dress-dressing-room

[Anonymous]

I don't know, my experience with target dressing room attendants is that they have no trouble voicing their opinion. When I was 6 months pregnant, (and petite in size, and had maybe gained 10lbs at that point.) I took a stretchy maxi dress from the misses section in to try on and she attempted to shame/berate me for trying it on because shock horror, didn't I realize it wasn't from the maternity section?

[Anonymous]

I can't remember the last time I was in a gender-segregated fitting room. They don't have them at most stores where I shop, just a section with individual stalls to try on clothes. This goes back WAY before the current "trend" of inclusion.

Assault and harassment are illegal. Period. No matter where they take place. No, an attendant can't single a man out for being in a closed stall next to women who are also in a closed stall. But they can--and should--monitor for actual negative behaviors. Being a man (or a trans individual or a certain race or whatever) is not, in and of itself, a threat of negative behavior.

[Anonymous]

Apparently op has a teen girl but she never shops at h and m, gap, Aeropostale, or any of the stores with unisex fitting rooms where all other teens shop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know, my experience with target dressing room attendants is that they have no trouble voicing their opinion. When I was 6 months pregnant, (and petite in size, and had maybe gained 10lbs at that point.) I took a stretchy maxi dress from the misses section in to try on and she attempted to shame/berate me for trying it on because shock horror, didn't I realize it wasn't from the maternity section?

But that's the point. Now, as of mid-April sometime, they have no corporate policy about this to voice in the first place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't remember the last time I was in a gender-segregated fitting room. They don't have them at most stores where I shop, just a section with individual stalls to try on clothes. This goes back WAY before the current "trend" of inclusion.

Assault and harassment are illegal. Period. No matter where they take place. No, an attendant can't single a man out for being in a closed stall next to women who are also in a closed stall. But they can--and should--monitor for actual negative behaviors. Being a man (or a trans individual or a certain race or whatever) is not, in and of itself, a threat of negative behavior.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently op has a teen girl but she never shops at h and m, gap, Aeropostale, or any of the stores with unisex fitting rooms where all other teens shop.

+1 what a fear monger

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently op has a teen girl but she never shops at h and m, gap, Aeropostale, or any of the stores with unisex fitting rooms where all other teens shop.

Seriously

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The true creeps and criminals are not hiding in Target where there are cameras and good lighting. They are picking up your teens off the street, right of college campuses, after parties, and other areas where your teen is vulnerable.

He's not dumb enough to attack a group of loud girls in the middle of a store.

Yes, because creeps never come to the dressing room.
http://www.winchesterstar.com/article/022216br
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-08-15/news/9708140778_1_leonard-gray-ross-dress-dressing-room

NP here. Excellent point - those two incidents had non-transgender men simply walking into the women's fitting area and attacking someone. Nothing to do with trans customers using their gender-corresponding dressing rooms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently op has a teen girl but she never shops at h and m, gap, Aeropostale, or any of the stores with unisex fitting rooms where all other teens shop.

Seriously

NP. Target seems different to me. Those other stores you mention are geared to a specific demographic and shopper. Target is literally for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't remember the last time I was in a gender-segregated fitting room. They don't have them at most stores where I shop, just a section with individual stalls to try on clothes. This goes back WAY before the current "trend" of inclusion.

Assault and harassment are illegal. Period. No matter where they take place. No, an attendant can't single a man out for being in a closed stall next to women who are also in a closed stall. But they can--and should--monitor for actual negative behaviors. Being a man (or a trans individual or a certain race or whatever) is not, in and of itself, a threat of negative behavior.

Exactly, I just look for the sign that says, dressing room, and try on clothes that way. I will take a few extra steps out of respect for other customers to use a dressing room so I am not right next to someone.

The OP won't boycott anything. When people say, I will avoid such and such place, it rarely ever happens, mostly out of convenience.

[Anonymous]

Eye roll. You are a parent in DC and this is a big enough worry of yours to post about?

[Anonymous]

OP, I agree with you. A few kids will be attacked and a few lawsuits will change things. Just wait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently op has a teen girl but she never shops at h and m, gap, Aeropostale, or any of the stores with unisex fitting rooms where all other teens shop.

Seriously

NP. Target seems different to me. Those other stores you mention are geared to a specific demographic and shopper. Target is literally for everyone.

What deli defense does any of this make?