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You misunderstand. The issue isn't trans people who are good citizens. It's bad actors that have a new loophole. The mechanism ("no men in the ladies room") ha
by humanrebar 10y ago
You misunderstand. The issue isn't trans people who are good citizens. It's bad actors that have a new loophole.
The mechanism ("no men in the ladies room") has been removed, so there's no longer a mechanism for the assistant manager of a Target to help his female customers relax and have a safe space to take care of things. That safety may now only provided after some sort of leering, proposal, or assault has already taken place.
Also, for the record, I don't think much of this makes sense. If we were objectively worried about safety, we would focus on driving less and slower and locking up swimming pools. Stranger danger is largely overblown. That being said, I've seen particular things where particular men (almost always men) harass particular women (almost always women) and in most cases there's not much the victim can do about it. This is more about concerns along those lines.
- foldr 10y agoIt's not clear to me any more what point you're trying to make. You seem to acknowledge that there isn't actually any safety issue with allowing transwomen to use the women's bathroom.
- humanrebar 10y ago> They seem to have pretty strong opinions on exactly which groups of people should be allowed to use which bathrooms. I was saying all strong opinions there come from wanting to protect women, not from a desire to get into other peoples' bathroom preferences.
- foldr 10y agoEveryone professes to have good intentions, but the conservatives in question have a terrible record on "protecting women" in general.