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In reply to the discussion: Discrimination? Australian men can’t sit next to unaccompanied minors [View all]MadrasT
(7,237 posts)I shared something that traumatizes me, specifically.
We're on the same side this time.
The policy sucks.
As soon as I heard it, I pictured my boyfriend, who frequently flies alone -- and who for whatever reason on one of his last flights was randomly seated next to an unaccompanied minor. (A Delta flight within the U.S.)
He is a teacher who works with kids all the time, and he had a great time on that flight interacting with that child. When he got off that flight he was beaming because they had so much fun, and the mother who met the child at the airport was thankful the child had someone next to her who happily spent time treating her child as an interesting little human being, and not as just another annoying kid on a flight.
He would be very deeply wounded if someone said to him "No you can't sit next to that child because you have a penis."
The policy is flat out fucking WRONG.