Actually, I would like to come back to this and propose special, bigger parking lots for cars without servo-stuur. Man, parking without one of those really is a bitch. -Sofie solan@psb.ugent.be wrote:
I guess it might be different once you're used to it, but as a woman I find this rather quite discriminating, and I'm pretty sure I'd never even want to use such parking lots :s
And if you're afraid of getting robbed, why use the one parking lot where the robber is certain there's a weak lil woman parking there? ;-)
Anyways, no fair there's no cake for the sick one!
-Sofie, going to bed again soon (which is less fun than it sounds actually, waking up every hour thinking you're choking)
I don't know, if they check it at all. They could check it using the camera. But which man would use a women parking lot anyway? It would be even worse than asking for direction. And they are meant for women or women with small children.
But it is really interesting that you get so annoyed about the whole topic.
And the working woman on the other island already bought food this morning and is preparing sandwiches for having lunch right now. I am sorry but I carried it in a bag and not on my head. But I will try next time.
Kenny Billiau wrote:
We are annoying the working women who secretly want to do the groceries to make a cake?
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Thomas Van Parys wrote:
Michiel Van Bel schreef:
And concerning the difficulties with parking spaces... just widen all spaces and put a limit and the maximum width of cars (those 4x4's and SUV's have no reason to be in a city anyway). That should help already.
In some countries they solve these kind of problems by making women carry their groceries on their heads and their kids on their backs. I'm kind of in favor for that one. Very environment friendly as well.
Anyway, who are we annoying with these sudden flow of deep conversations in their mailbox?
T.
Kenny Billiau wrote:
the problem would be solved if they wouldn't call it 'woman's
parking > places', no?
> It mainly disturbes me that they call it woman's place, > eventhough > anyone with parking or parking place problems could use them. It's back > to the pre-war/50's Christian woman at home kind of promotions.
> Every woman should be proud that after 50 years of emancipation > you get > extra illuminated women's parking places, before which they annouce them > being for a typical woman: still doing the groceries and still the main > caretaker of children. Neat.
> And some practical problems.. And how are you going to check if > the > woman's places are actually being occupied by the right people, and not > by the those nice 4x4 city wagons? There are limited number of parking > spaces for handi-people, simply because there are very few handi-people > around. And if it's actually true that mostly women do the groceries, > then most of the parking spaces should widened ;)
> -Kenny > On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Elisabeth Wischnitzki wrote: > >> Thomas Van Parys wrote: >> Kenny Billiau schreef: >> http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=DMF01072008_045&ref=nieuwsoverzicht
>>>>>> Short translation: the Dutch christian democrats want >>>>>> to make women > > > only
>> parking lots. They should be close to the building entrance, >> extra > > > well
>> lit and be extra large to easily take out kids or groceries. >> >>>>> So the christian democrats in the Netherlands believe >>>>> that:
>> - women are weak and afraid in the dark >> - women are the only ones taking the baby to the daycare >> center
>> - women are the only ones doing grocery shopping >> - women can't park in small spaces >> - women have really large butts >> >>>>>>>> They must be so popular with the ladies. >>>>>>>> >>>>> T. >>>>> >>>> Thanks for the translation and the interpretation.. >>>> >>> But what is so special about women only parking lots? They >>> are > > everywhere (shopping centers, underground stations..) in Germany since > > many years, right next to the ones reserved for handicapped people..
>>> But I have to admit that walking alone in a dark parking at >>> night is > > not the most comfortable feeling. And I agree that most women cannot > > park properly, even in very big spaces. But it's fun to watch them > > trying, so maybe the brighter light is just some kind of spotlight. > > And most of the time there is also a surveillance camera very close > > by.
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