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Dating site tried to put me off because I'm in a wheelchair
Richard_Scope
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I saw this yesterday on Twitter and now newspapers are picking up in the story. I am angry and hurt that disabled people can still be treated this way in 2021, in the U.K. Here is the full piece.
That's my feelings, what are yours and how can we address this positively?
Dating site tried to put me off because I'm in a wheelchair: BBC journalist reveals her shock at being told finding a love match for her could be 'quite challenging'
That's my feelings, what are yours and how can we address this positively?
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I use dating sites but dont mention I am in a wheelchair in my profile
I tell anyone I have come into contact with if I feel there is a connection some then stop communicating which I do get to a certain extent
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Looking to the positives, the lady was very brave to share her experience and by bringing visibility to these prejudiced attitudes other organisations might be more aware of why such approaches are discriminatory and avoid acting like this. But still, there is so much work to be done in dismantling disablism and I think this speaks to a culture where non-disabled bodies are privileged and seen as favourable, better and more attractive. We still have a heck of a fight on our hands to achieve equality.
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I dont know how this can go on in this day and age a wheel chair is a means of getting around doesn't define who that person is on a pervious thread I mentioned pre covid I help run a club for prople with disabilitys and we have wheel chair users thst play darts and pool and table tennis and we have able bodied people attend aswel we have had a couple of romances between wheel chair users and able bodied prople
I apologise before hand if I have used any wrong words when describing people I mean no offence
They could leave that business, and sell fruit on a market stall instead. But the same logic would apply, because they might know perfectly well that the finest tasting apples they could stock would not sell as easily as some pretty rubbish ones, but of a different appearance. They would know that in that area, few people would be willing to try unfamiliar fruit either, so instead of being left with unsold stock, they would simply not offer it.
It isn't either kind or brutal, it is just a market.
There are some dating sites that are free but with bring free they attract the fake profiles and scammers
However they are not all bad and I have met some great friends and my current partner on free sites
Bumble is similar to tinder and facebook now has dating site for free
You get what you pay for! Lol.
POF? waste of time!
Again, if you live in a town,but rural,forget it! Also applies if any disability!
It's all about what the site can can make money from!
Next to my,.. .to do list!