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Title: Feminists Ban Clapping Because it Triggers 'Anxiety'
Post by: TehBorken on Mar 27 15 12:26
Not a joke: Feminists Ban Clapping Because it Triggers 'Anxiety'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgrTqmvNU0w

A U.K. student feminism conference is asking attendees to refrain from clapping and use "jazz hands" instead so as to not trigger anxiety in others.

The National Union of Students (NUS) Women's Campaign announced the clapping "ban" at the West Midlands conference on Twitter Tuesday, shortly after receiving a request from the Oxford University Women's Campaign.

"@nuswomcam please can we ask people to stop clapping but do feminist jazz hands? it's triggering some peoples' anxiety. thank you!" Oxford representatives wrote (https://twitter.com/womcam/status/580389025892175872).

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/24/feminist-conference-says-clapping-triggers-anxiety/ (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/24/feminist-conference-says-clapping-triggers-anxiety/)
Title: Re: Feminists Ban Clapping Because it Triggers 'Anxiety'
Post by: Gopher on Mar 31 15 12:06
The world gets crazier and crazier every day, more and more the bizarre has come to be the norm.