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37. I think they caren't

Sun Mar 17, 2013, 01:05 PM

Mar 2013

But I think they can be misused, just like handicap parking. But I don't have a problem with them existing. I think they should include all new parents rather than just expectant mothers as dealing with strollers and excited kids can be problematic, especially with the bustle outside a store. But there does come the problem of how to enforce the parking spots as this isn't something that can be legally enforced as far as I know.

As a couple of other posters said, I tend to park where I can pull through or at the back of the lot, both for the little bit of extra exercise and so I can pull through a parking spot.

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Are expectant mom parking spaces an example of benoevolent sexisim? [View all] MindPilot Mar 2013 OP

Never seen one. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2013 #1

No. They're marketing moves by shopping centers. MineralMan Mar 2013 #2

Well, in some cases, it may be a temporary handicap. Fawke Em Mar 2013 #6

Yes, if a pregnancy is temporarily disabling, a doctor MineralMan Mar 2013 #10

I have seen them and they are for pregnant women. At least the ones I've seen. I know I used it southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #24

No but they should perhaps be able to use handicapped space (which we should have more of) MattBaggins Mar 2013 #3

I just think they're silly. Pregnant isn't disabled. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #4

It is to some people Fawke Em Mar 2013 #7

Agree... It would make sense to have spaces for parents with very young children/babies hlthe2b Mar 2013 #8

purely from a safety standpoint, "families with young children" makes total sense. n/t MindPilot Mar 2013 #18

I disagree with the parent parking spaces, kiva Mar 2013 #19

More to do with being able to open the doors all the way I think. MindPilot Mar 2013 #28

Less distance to struggle to get to the door with rambunctious toddlers, packages, baby stroller hlthe2b Mar 2013 #40

At the two stores in my neighborhood with such spaces, the signs say that Swamp Lover Mar 2013 #22

Some woman are invigorated by pregnancy, some are exhausted; hedgehog Mar 2013 #9

Two of my wife's pregnancies were accompanied with preeclampsia, one with prenatal diabetes. nt TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #13

All sorts of people are exhausted. You don't get special parking spaces TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #14

That is kind of how I see it. MindPilot Mar 2013 #15

If you're pregnant and so medically compromised that you need help getting into TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #20

My wife's primary care physician ridiculed her MattBaggins Mar 2013 #30

Cool. We need to start a White house Petition to make pregnant women in the military serve combat Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #31

Yeah. Because hauling your pregnant behind into the local Target is the same as combat. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #33

Now Now, Situation/environment we must be blind to. Give opportunity to all. Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #34

Also, have you been to Target on Black Friday sales? That counts easily as combat training. Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #38

Exactly, it should be the issue of disability treestar Mar 2013 #35

I walked during there of my pregnancies. However, when I was pregnant Arkansas Granny Mar 2013 #41

Because men can't get pregnant, this is sexism? TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #5

I honor all such parking spaces. In fact, MineralMan Mar 2013 #11

Same here. TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #16

I've even seen "Senior" and "Employee of the Month" spaces. I just avoid them as I'm none of Ed Suspicious Mar 2013 #27

Since I'm self-employed, and have been since 1974, MineralMan Mar 2013 #29

Exactly. randome Mar 2013 #12

Yes and no. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #17

Locally, several stores have "New or Expectant Parents" parking spaces Orrex Mar 2013 #21

I always saw it as just dumb. alphafemale Mar 2013 #23

^^^^^ (applause) kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #25

And that mentality put my wife in the ICU MattBaggins Mar 2013 #32

Exercise...yep. It's a killer. alphafemale Mar 2013 #36

Exercise is fine MattBaggins Mar 2013 #39

No. Pregnancy can be debilitating. I am female & sensitive to sexism. catbyte Mar 2013 #26

I think they caren't mythology Mar 2013 #37