Summary

Walmart fired Dani Davis, a 6’4" cisgender woman, after a man who mistook her for transgender verbally threatened her in a women’s restroom at a Florida store.

Davis, visibly shaken, reported the March 14 incident to her immediate supervisor but was fired for not informing salaried management, allegedly creating a “security risk.”

Davis called the firing discriminatory. After viral backlash, Walmart offered to reinstate her with back pay.

Davis, a longtime employee, is uncertain about returning, citing fears of a hostile work environment.

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So, a man went into the ladies’ restroom to assault a woman because he’s afraid of men entering the ladies’ room to assault women.

Oh Florida… You constant shame on the republic.

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134 points

It’s a constant shame on the empire now

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41 points

Empires need dominion over foreign states, expanding their borders. America would love to be an empire, they are just a wee little dictatorship with an inept conman in charge. I’m hardly worried, mostly just sad to watch it happen in real time.

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22 points

They’re working on it

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14 points

I mean, the current borders of the US do include some former foreign states and land previously owned by others, that were taken over in the past, Hawaii for example. Does that not make it an empire, or does that stop counting after a century or so?

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It is a sort of empire - Immerwahr called it a Pointilist one

https://www.historynet.com/the-invisible-empire-why-some-americans-dont-count/

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You just forget about Samoa and Puerto Rico and all of our other colonies? America is an empire, you’re just late to the party of realizing it

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77 points

This is the desired outcome. They want all women to be as gender conforming and submissive to men as possible. They know it affects women who do not fit the defined conventions of what women are meant to look like / act like / talk like etc. This is actually the main reason they want to do it.

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22 points

Holy fuck this makes so much sense and I hate it.

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Im always so weirded out by all the women that were second wave feminists who were sucked into the “gender critical” movent. I know not all activists are smart but they are literally selling out the ideals that they once held.

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53 points

Then Walmart fires her? WTF, the man should be banned from the store. Fuck Walmart.

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A cis man went into the ladies wc to assault a cis woman who he thought was a trans woman because he is afraid that cis men start to use the excuse of being trans women to go into the ladies wc to assault women.

The irony in this whole thing

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6 points

Pilboooooy

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Bortles!

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I had to double take when I read that because it was so mind numbingly stupid. I was like wait… huh? A man berated a woman in the woman’s bathroom?

I thought this whole bathroom thing was about protecting women from men! /s

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313 points

It doesn’t really matter if she is trans or not IMO. nobody deserves to be treated like that.

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225 points

It does demonstrate the truism that transphobia doesn’t only harm trans people.

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145 points

That’s the whole point. Any woman who doesn’t conform to the traditional stereotype can be targeted. This is in no way accidental.

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52 points

Even traditionally feminine western women. They can just point to a minor detail like a wider mandible, a bit of hair on the upper lip or arms, a more developed Adam’s apple, etc.

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This is one of the reasons one of the mantras is “trans rights are women’s rights”.

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True, but it shows how even non-trans people are harmed by anti-trans hysteria and fear-mongering. Just like how even men are harmed by misogynistic policies and discrimination. Trans rights are human rights.

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285 points

Why was the man who was threatened by her in the women’s room?

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Obviously he was just there to make sure everyone using the women’s restroom had and honest, God-given pussy.

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47 points

G-gussy?

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34 points

Godussy. Can’t be unclear about these things.

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G-Pussy

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If he’s a man concerned about protecting murica against the scourge of the trans, and a donvict-supporting magoff, well, then, by Jehovah, it’s his right to be in that bathroom inspecting the genitalia of anyone in there.

You know, to Protect Women and Girls ™.

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and yet again its not a trans woman invading a bathroom with ill intent.

its a right wing conservative man who invaded a bathroom with ill intent.

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Every accusation is a confession.

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Yep.

Makes you wonder, after pizzagate, where they’re underground child sex dungeon is… Since they were so emphatic on pointing the finger at liberals and gays and accusing them of such a thing.

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3 points

It was Epstein’s island.

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172 points

Step 1) Sue Walmart. Step 2) Retire in Europe.

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112 points

Do step 1 before the laws change to where the guy who threatened her gets a medal of freedom instead.

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25 points

He’s already started the onboarding process to be in Trump’s cabinet

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12 points

Secretary of Offense

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34 points

Do… do you think…

That a person working… at Walmart…

… has the financial resources…

… to sue Walmart?

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68 points

Theres a very good chance of finding a lawyer to work for compensation after settlement

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Morgan and Morgan is from Florida, they might be the largest firm in the world and take cases for improper firings. Usually they take their cases on the basis of you won’t pay anything unless you win. I’m sure they’d love that case

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Agreed. The misogyny is clear, even ignoring any hint of trans issues. But, I don’t know what a settlement would look like and how much effort it would be to fight WMT lawyers.

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That’s because lawyers are generally pretty smart, and they can tell when they have a sure thing.

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For something like this you likely could find a lawyer to do this pro bono. Maybe even the ACLU would get involved.

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It’s hard to sue for damages when they’re offering reinstatement with back pay.

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30 points

Emotional Suffering, and IANAL but I’m sure there’s more.

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34 points

Punitive damages.

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That’s a hard one to prove in court.

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Can she sure Walmart, though? It’s shocking what employers can get away with. I’ve been wronged before, and had lawyers tell me there’s little they can do.

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