Seattle Commuters Say It’s Sexist That Train Announcements Are Now in a Male Voice – IOTW Report

Seattle Commuters Say It’s Sexist That Train Announcements Are Now in a Male Voice

What if it’s a male that identifies as a woman?

And how sexist is it to assume that there are “male voices” and “female voices”?

KIRO-

“That new monstrous voice” and begs, “PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD MAKE IT STOP.”

Another from @SeattleSubway said, “Announcements are getting universally panned by riders” and asked Sound Transit, “Is it possible to turn them off?”

Yet another said, “@soundtransit – sexist much?”

And there was this request – “Can you turn that s— down or go back to the nice lady.”

ht/ illustr8r

20 Comments on Seattle Commuters Say It’s Sexist That Train Announcements Are Now in a Male Voice

  1. have the voice be a Marine DI … that’ll get their attention

    … when they protest that just put on some PDT 🙂

    “Next stop, filthy homeless-infested Pioneer Square. It’s disgusting. Keep America Great”

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  2. Since I don’t plan to ever be a commuter in Seattle I don’t really care!
    BTW – Limiting the choices to only two genders in Seattle had got to be chaffing a lot of Queers out there!

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  3. A couple of days ago I watched a qigong video wherein the qigong guy was having a laugh about a nutjob in one of his classes. In qigong you are often directed to place your hands on your lower abdomen, the so-called dantian. Men left hand first, women right hand first. A student asked, “I am a man, but I think like a woman, which hand should I place first on my dantian?” It seemed clear Mr Chan thought the guy was a nutjob. Those sexist qigong traditions meet modern crazy trends.

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  4. They need the robot voice from the Bladerunner Walk/Don’t Walk signals. Which I think was the same voice the Police used to tell the gawkers at the crime scene to “Move On — Move On — Move On…”

    I’ve used that “Move On — Move On — Move On…” voice and message to my wife and son so many times she probably wants to kill me.

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  5. …if anyone remembers in the ’80s when car manufacturers breifly flirted with the idea that their customers wanted their cars to scold them for not closing the door properly or leaving the keys in the ignition in an annoyed-wife-reminding-you-of-chores voice, the ONLY voice more annoying than THAT was Barry Soetoro’s…

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  6. Your wife gets into the soap isle… I love my wife… but 30 seconds later it’s, “Move On — Move On — Move On…”

    When I’m looking for 2 inch wood screws I dart in, grasp the 2 inch wood screws, and dart out. Maybe 10 seconds.

    My wife can stand in a soap isle for #ucking 15 minutes.

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  7. …if anyone remembers in the ’80s when car manufacturers

    Yes. A friend bought a brand new Cadillac and was going t have it shipped from Texas. I was not working and said I would drive it to Tacoma if he paid for a plane ticket, fuel and motel rooms. The Goddamned thing was a bit low on gas in Nevada and the gas station was about 50 miles ahead and I had plenty of gas to get there. Every ten seconds the damnable thing would say: DING, your fuel is low. DING, your fuel is low. DING, your fuel is low. DING, your fuel is low. DING, your fuel is low. DING, your fuel is low. DING, your fuel is low. DING, your fuel is low. DING, your fuel is low. DING, your fuel is low. DING, your fuel is low. DING, your fuel is low. DING, your fuel is low. DING, your fuel is low. DING, your fuel is low. DING, your fuel is low.

    It went on for half an hour and I damn near lost my mind.

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