| sundin13 said: There is no functional difference in ability to commit crimes between a bathroom which allows transgendered individuals to use and a bathroom that does not. As for your example, it may sound harsh, but I don't particularly care about someone's worries if they are misguided. These same issues were largely brought up during the civil rights movement. Allowing black people into white bathrooms made individuals feel uncomfortable and frightened for their safety. They were afraid that they would be sexually assaulted or raped. These argument should not be entertained because they are not legitimate. They are based in racism and we should not stand besides injustices in order to validate bigotry. You speak about a theoretical harm that could come to these kids, but then turn around and completely ignore the very real harm that is being inflicted on transgendered individuals. Violence, be it sexual or physical, is all too common against transgendered individuals, and often, bathrooms matching their assigned sex are very dangerous places for these individuals to be. |
There is no functional difference, you say? Well consider these points:
-Only so many girls and women are lesbians.
-Girls and women are exponentially more likely to be sexually attacked by a man than by a lesbian.
-The average male has both a physical height (as in speed) and substantial strength advantage over the average female.
I would consider all those things meaningful distinctions; distinctions infinitely more meaningful than those between being black and being white. The fact is that girls and women statistically tend to feel safer in single-sex environments for reasons that are perfectly rational! I think that when one has their pants down is precisely the time when they're the most in need of feeling safe.
If unconventional men aren't safe in the men's restroom, that's not the fault of women. That says that men need to change. Women don't need to be penalized for male violence.
