Marks & Spencer has apologised after a transgender employee approached a 14-year-old girl in the bra section and offered to help. The child's furious mother complained and said it was 'completely inappropriate' for her daughter to be approached by a 'biological male' in the lingerie section, where she was hoping to have a bra fitting.
So, did M&S train a man to perform bra fitting duty? They claim they didn’t!
The retailer replied and said they were 'truly sorry' and 'deeply regret the distress your daughter felt during her visit to our store'. It added they took her concerns 'very seriously' and wish to make arrangements for a better experience in their next visit, including 'assistance from a female colleague'. An M&S spokesman said: 'We want our stores to be inclusive and welcoming places for our colleagues and customers. 'We have written to this customer and explained that our colleagues typically work across all departments in our stores and customers can always ask to speak to the colleague they feel most comfortable with.'
She didn’t get a chance - the man approached HER! So there are more red flags here than Red Square on Parade Day!
It is understood the employee works across the clothing section and does not carry out bra fittings.
Many respondents on Twitter have been surprised that they were approached, saying they’d had to hunt up an assistant when they needed one. And I concur; though I’ve never had a bra fitting in M&S I’ve shopped there often, and never been approached when needing help, I’ve always had to do the same. Which makes this incident worse, though - this being Scotland, Ayr to be precise - the police were dismissive and simply said all they had to do was refuse the help offered. Clearly, they have no concerns about a man in womanface approaching children. Hell, it’s probably legal up there by now!
Human rights boss of the charity Sex Matters, Fiona McAnena, told The Telegraph: 'M&S needs to rethink its priorities and remember that women and girls have rights too, and that this man should not be permitted to hang around in the women's underwear department as a matter of common decency. 'This is what happens when a business centres the feelings of men who identify as women, even at the expense of their own customers. It is entirely inappropriate for a man to approach a teenage girl in a lingerie department.'
I guess beyond the Wall it’s only to be expected. Has any area been captured by the trans cult more completely than Scotland?
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