Just a regular Saturday morning - grocery shopping as usual.
Headed to one of the shopping malls in Lille area that I never visited before - trying new things in life and all that stuff.
On my way out, I bumped into security guards, who told me that they cannot let me out of the mall (as well as couple of hundreds of other people), and this is for our own security.
What was going on outside apparently were protests because of the gas prices in France, and I simply couldn't understand how calm protests (coughs) can be a threat to my security.
Oh well, since I'll be stuck in here for probably one hour or so, I could get some nice coffee somewhere. I walked around the mall and a cute coffee place caught my eye.
I was about to enter, when a sign stabbed my eyes like a knife:
The sign was saying: "Free WiFi for girls".
Free WiFi for girls?!?
Why would WiFi be free only for females? Because men don't need WiFi access? Or maybe because men are not humans at all, and don't deserve the same treatment?
I was utterly disgusted by this sign, and decided not to leave my money in this highly discriminatory, sexist place.
As a woman and a human being, I'm extremely judgmental to any form of discrimination of individuals based on group features/characteristics, and especially towards very popular opinion nowadays that certain "groups" or "entities" or whatever you call them cannot possibly be discriminated under any circumstances.
In allegedly developed country and in allegedly civilized society, I cannot possibly understand how is such sign even considered as appropriate.
Replacing one form of discrimination with another is NOT a sign of civilized society, neither represents its progress in any way.
Think about it.