Tribulations

Gender Fail Of The Day

Ladies Parking at Grand Lucky...

Yes.

I know.

You are too shocked to grasp this picture.

But yes.

It is true.

This is a parking for lady drivers only. A rather common concept in malls and supermarkets here in Jakarta. A row (within a large supermarket parking) of reserved parking spaces just for women. Yay!

This reserved ladies parking is normally close to the entrance of said mall/supermarket. On my first appalled discovery of this concept I was told that these spaces weren’t any different from the “manly” ones, except that this way women in heels (obviously) would have an easier time getting to the mall. This explains why the ladies parking is located right next to the handicapped spaces (...), but it’s still not a satisfying reason for such gender differentiation.

But things only got worse the other day, when on my way to the supermarket, my suspicions were finally confirmed... The size of the lady driver parking spaces is actually modified – as shown in the picture - so women like me finally can manage to park our own car, and thus be able to drive by ourselves. Thank God.....

Now, maybe it’s just me. No one else seems to react. But. Seriously. This is extremely insulting! I mean, what image do people (men and women, since women are actually using them...) have of women and our abilities?!

Hello gender fail.

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Porque no tengo ganas de escribir mas. Pero. 

Un parking reservado para mujeres. Un parking reservado para mujeres, con espacios mas grandes. Un parking reservado para mujeres, con espacios mas grandes que los del parking “masculino”.

Y los hay en casi todos los centros comerciales y supers de Jakarta.

Hay que joderse.