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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a woman and I now have three kids, but I was childless for many years.  The park near my house on Capitol Hill only has tables with seats inside the playground area.  Before I had kids, I would go in there on my lunch break and eat my lunch.  My only other option was a few benches in full sun right next to a bus stop.  I chose the nice tables in the shade on the playground.  Because I was a young white woman, nobody ever said anything to me.  But, I bet they would have if I was a man.

Put tables in the shade outside of the playground area and people would use them.  There could be something about this park that you aren't realizing - like the route he is taking is in the shade, the ground cover is flat there but bumpy in the rest of the park and he is not steady on his feet.  We all see the world through our own filters and don't see things from the perspective of people differently situated to ourselves.  [/quote]

Eating a sandwich at a shaded table during the lunch hour is much different than circling a play structure for extended periods every day.[/quote]

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