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Woman insists she isn’t a man
Shifa Patel wore a full-length robe and hijab to her job as a secretary at a Muslim Girls' school in Lancashire. This concealed her features. But when pictures of her dressed in a shirt and trousers began to circulate at the school, concerned parents thought she looked like a man and demanded she be fired.Patel insisted she wasn't faking her gender, that she really was a woman, and even had a doctor's certificate to prove it. But to no avail. The complaints continued, and she eventually decided to resign.
I've only been able to find one picture that shows her face (at freethinker.co.uk). Yeah, she looks kinda masculine. Nice of the parents to show such tolerance toward someone who made the mistake of looking slightly different. Links: Daily Mail, Telegraph.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Mon Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
Total Comments: 4
Category: Identity/Imposters
Category: Identity/Imposters
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I dunno...I think the masculine part is her hair...The picture above likes like a feminine male...
Posted by Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA on Mon Jun 22, 2009 at 03:13 PM
the solution is to do some good ol' streaking round the school.
Posted by Saint Splattergut on Mon Jun 22, 2009 at 04:53 PM
Sometimes you just can't win...
Here in Hobart, just this week a football player got banned for a year or so for proving he was a man on live TV.
(that black spot on the re-released pics is awful small though!
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Posted by Joel B1 in Hobart, Tasmania on Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Here in Hobart, just this week a football player got banned for a year or so for proving he was a man on live TV.
(that black spot on the re-released pics is awful small though!
)I'm more concerened that someone can be fired for being seen to be male . . . If her *race* was in question, and she was dismissed on suspicion of being a N****r, for example, there would be a hue and cry across the globe.
Fired for being one of those men, though, is quite acceptable it seems. Boy, I'm glad scientists have yet to create sperm from body cells so that men become obsolete and disposable in reality . . . Wait.
Posted by D F Stuckey in Auckland New Zealand on Thu Jul 09, 2009 at 03:46 AM
Fired for being one of those men, though, is quite acceptable it seems. Boy, I'm glad scientists have yet to create sperm from body cells so that men become obsolete and disposable in reality . . . Wait.
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