Chinese Airports Now with "Female Only" Security Lines

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China Offers Airport Security for Women, and Their Makeup
They may "hold up half the sky," as Mao once said, but Chinese women are often kept in their own lane. They get lower pay, are forced to retire earlier and have fewer leadership positions than men.

Now, the authorities who run China's airports are giving women — or relegating them to, some might say — their own security line.

Beijing Capital International Airport has officially added women-specific lines after a three-month trial. The metropolises of Shenzhen, Kunming and Wuhan have done the same.

They are marked by bright pink signs that say "Female Only" in Chinese and English.

The government’s rationale is that women want to avoid being frisked by men. In the women's lanes, the security guards are all women.
 
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Outstanding idea! Too many men can not get the idea that women do not like having men grope and fondle their body ALL OVER! If you think it does not happen in the US you are sadly mistaken. Ask ant woman food server, air line steward, or any woman who has contact where men are crowded together with women, like a subway.

Most men use inappropriate content, and would take a feel given the right opportunity. Without Christ men will act like animals, and even then it still might not make any difference.
 
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Now we just need to add a 'white' people line in our airports. I am tried of having black people steal from me in line, and I feel that as a white person I should have my own line for my safety.

Or are we only allowed to implement sexist ideas like in the OP but not racist ones? If so why the double standard?
 
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Now we just need to add a 'white' people line in our airports. I am tried of having black people steal from me in line, and I feel that as a white person I should have my own line for my safety.

Or are we only allowed to implement sexist ideas like in the OP but not racist ones? If so why the double standard?
You didn't read the article, I can tell.

EDIT: What part of China are you from? :D
 
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Now we just need to add a 'white' people line in our airports. I am tried of having black people steal from me in line, and I feel that as a white person I should have my own line for my safety.
I just love posts that have nothing to do with the topic...
 
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Now we just need to add a 'white' people line in our airports. I am tried of having black people steal from me in line, and I feel that as a white person I should have my own line for my safety.

Or are we only allowed to implement sexist ideas like in the OP but not racist ones? If so why the double standard?


There seems to be a problem. I have never been in your situation. I give all people and genders the respect and even allow others to go first. But that's just me.
 
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There seems to be a problem. I have never been in your situation. I give all people and genders the respect and even allow others to go first. But that's just me.

In case it wasn't clear, I was mocking the idea of making a separate line to protect women from men by showing how the same exact logic can be used to make a separate line to protect white people from black people with the hope most people will realize how silly the second approach is and realize that there isn't any real difference between the two approaches.

I don't actually support the sexist nor the racist lines.
 
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In case it wasn't clear, I was mocking the idea of making a separate line to protect women from men by showing how the same exact logic can be used to make a separate line to protect white people from black people with the hope most people will realize how silly the second approach is and realize that there isn't any real difference between the two approaches.

I don't actually support the sexist nor the racist lines.
That doesn't really work, since white+black doesn't have any sexual significance in the way that man+woman does.

Also, there are some women who believe it's morally wrong to let a man touch them that way, but that has nothing to do with thinking that men are inferior.
 
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That doesn't really work, since white+black doesn't have any sexual significance in the way that man+woman does. There are even some women who believe it's morally wrong to let a man touch them that way, but that has nothing to do with thinking that men are inferior.

Explain exactly what the difference would be. I don't see any real difference between creating a line to protect women from men with creating a line to protect white people from black people. Sure ones is 'sexual' in nature and the other 'racial' in nature, but the same exact logic applies.
 
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Explain exactly what the difference would be.
The sexual connection. Theoretically, one could also cite the power differential between men and women (especially in Asia) as a justification, which would render your white/black comparison doubly faulty, as it would then be the black individuals who would need protection from the white individuals.
 
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In case it wasn't clear, I was mocking the idea of making a separate line to protect women from men by showing how the same exact logic can be used to make a separate line to protect white people from black people with the hope most people will realize how silly the second approach is and realize that there isn't any real difference between the two approaches.

I don't actually support the sexist nor the racist lines.
Your logic is still incorrect. The issue is with male security agents search female passengers, unless your analogy is about all the black agents stealing from you, your analogy completely fails.
 
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Define what you mean by the 'sexual' connection? Are you saying that sexism and racism are really all that different that they cannot be compared in any scenario?
No, but you haven't successfully shown how sexism plays into this.
 
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No, but you haven't successfully shown how sexism plays into this.
If you read the article the direct quote they use is "We feel more comfortable when our coats and suitcases are checked by female security inspectors. I think this seems like a VIP service for women"

I could understand if women wanted to be physically touched just by other women- this makes perfect sense. If, when singled out for a patdown, only female officers would do the patdown on female travels I would have absolutely no problem with this. In fact many airports already offer such a feature.

However this separate line isn't for the patdowns, its for the whole general inspection - the one the vast majority of people go through without getting groped by a man or woman. This is for the officers who go through bags and coats.

I do consider that feeling your belongings are 'safer' (or more comfortable, or whatever phrase you want to use) if a woman inspects them as opposed to a man is in fact sexism.
 
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If you read the article the direct quote they use is "We feel more comfortable when our coats and suitcases are checked by female security inspectors. I think this seems like a VIP service for women"

I could understand if women wanted to be physically touched just by other women- this makes perfect sense. If, when singled out for a patdown, only female officers would do the patdown on female travels I would have absolutely no problem with this. In fact many airports already offer such a feature.

However this separate line isn't for the patdowns, its for the whole general inspection - the one the vast majority of people go through without getting groped by a man or woman. This is for the officers who go through bags and coats.

I do consider that feeling your belongings are 'safer' (or more comfortable, or whatever phrase you want to use) if a woman inspects them as opposed to a man is in fact sexism.
Maybe Chinese women feel safer in a different context than American women? China is a different country you do understand that?
 
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Maybe Chinese women feel safer in a different context than American women? China is a different country you do understand that?
Would you support other countries that allow racist policies because they have a different context and are a different country?
 
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Would you support other countries that allow racist policies because they have a different context and are a different country?
Are you saying the separate lines for women is women being elevated in society? Separate buses is to give women power as opposed to protecting from groping?
 
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I could understand if women wanted to be physically touched just by other women- this makes perfect sense. If, when singled out for a patdown, only female officers would do the patdown on female travels I would have absolutely no problem with this.
From the article.....
The government’s rationale is that women want to avoid being frisked by men. In the women’s lanes, the security guards are all women.
However this separate line isn't for the patdowns, its for the whole general inspection -
From the article...for the convenience of men....
Women also carry bags of personal cosmetics that need to be opened and inspected, requiring greater scrutiny, one security guard told state media. The implication is that they are slowing down other (male) travelers with less fussy baggage.
 
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