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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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[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 90 points 10 months ago (4 children)

So, she was fired because… some dude was wrong?

Our society really likes to shit on women all the time, doesn't it?

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 57 points 10 months ago (1 children)

She was fired because a man (without affiliation with walmart) entered the women's restroom and verbally assaulted her. He wasn't just factually wrong assuming that a woman can't be tall, he entered a space that he knew he wasnt supposed to enter.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Men entering women's restrooms to use the restroom: Nightmarishly immoral

Men entering women's restrooms to harm a woman: Laudable and in the spirit of their Dear Leader

In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Amy Dorris alleged that Trump accosted her outside the bathroom in his VIP box at the tournament in New York on 5 September 1997.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago

And low wage employees. It's cheaper and easier to fire an employee than to confront a customer about their mistake. Remember kids, your job is only one crazy person's ranting away from being taken away.

[–] luce@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 10 months ago

To a lot of people, trans women are just women they can still abuse.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is also taking place in Florida. A state that began horrible and has just doubled down on it in the last 20 years.

[–] Tail11@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

In 1977, Anita Bryant famously led the campaign claiming to "save the children from gays" during a vote in Miami-Dade County. While the law she supported was later overturned, Florida has long had a history of anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment.