Candace Owens, a conservative commentator and co-founder of BLEXIT, took to Twitter on Saturday to condemn a bill under consideration in the California legislature that would prohibit signage for “boys” and “girls” in major retail stores.
“California has proposed a bill to ban boy and girl sections in toy and clothing stores to create a ‘safe space’ for children,” Owens tweeted on Saturday. “They want to fine retailers $ 1,000 for using the words ‘boy’ and ‘girl’. I can’t put into words how despicable Democratic politicians are.”
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Owens’ comments are in response to a bill introduced by California Assembly members Evan Low and Cristina Garcia earlier this month that would require retail stores with at least 500 employees “to maintain undivided areas of their floor sales “in an attempt to create a” safe space “for children.
Some retail stores have already eliminated gender-based signage. In 2015, Target launched this practice after customers suggested that identifying products with gender preferences was unnecessary.
“As much as I want to think of it as watershed legislation, this is something the industry is already doing. We are just trying to catch up,” Low told Sacramento Bee.
Low said he was also motivated to present the bill after the daughter of one of his employees was frustrated by having to look for scientific toys in the “boys’ corridor”.
“That was the impetus for that, which is how we make a safe space for children in society today,” he said.
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He said the project will become even more important as children begin to return to retail stores after the coronavirus pandemic, to ensure that they can buy “without stigma”.
If passed, the law would go into effect on January 1, 2024 and penalize retailers with a $ 1,000 fine if they refused to eliminate gender from their clothing and toy sections.