Alrighty thenTHIS is the reason that I now carry pepper spray and I am not afraid to spray a guy using the women's bathroom while screaming for help
Honestly, I'm not all that well versed on the transgender thing as it isn't intersecting with my life yet but....
When transgenders are permitted into the bathroom of the gender with which they identify, what's to stop some pervy guy/gal from just saying they identify with a certain gender just to go into the bathroom and "be pervy" (whatever perverts might do in the bathroom to be perverts)?
Or is there really nothing a pervert could do in a bathroom that other patrons of the bathroom might find perverse? I haven't given it a whole lot of thought.
FTR, I do realize that biological gals could be just as perverted in the women's bathroom (same for guys and men's bathroom) but I would think that would be much more rare.
This might be a giant can of worms but I want to know other's opinions on this.
THIS is the reason that I now carry pepper spray and I am not afraid to spray a guy using the women's bathroom while screaming for help
Honestly, nothing. But, there currently isn't anything to prevent that. Somebody who really wants to try to spy on others in restrooms could do so regardless of gender, sex, gender presentation, or anything else regardless of the law. That person would no doubt stand out trying to spy upon people and be called out or get in trouble for doing so. Generally, it would be obvious if somebody was doing something that they oughtn't be in a restroom. Neither that person's gender or genitals really have anything to do with that.
Ultimately, none of the concerns you talk about have anything to do with the issue at all. There are zero reported cases of anybody pretending to be transgender and harassing, assaulting, or in any other way negatively affecting anybody else in the restroom. This is not and never has been an issue.
I really don't know what to say.
THIS is the reason that I now carry pepper spray and I am not afraid to spray a guy using the women's bathroom while screaming for help
"Well Bless your heart!" always works in a pinch.
Meanwhile, adding another narrow-minded bigot to my Ignore list.
True. But I've never managed to say that properly.
You going to scream and pepper spray this guy if he is washing his hands next to you?
You going to scream and pepper spray this guy if he is washing his hands next to you?
This is absolutely true, I'm certain it's much more difficult for trans people who are unable to "pass" as their gender. There are also many people who are not trans who still don't completely conform to gender norms. These types of laws are just making things more difficult for everyone because now everyone will be more highly scrutinized and possibly humiliated every time they attempt to use a restroom.
I have personally known several biological women who have had issues using the women's restroom (even before these laws began to come about). One straight older friend who simply "appears masculine" has had many confrontations with people in different places. Another good friend was "gender policed" in an airport bathroom a few months ago by an airport security employee. They were physically trying to block her from entering the restroom and repeatedly telling her it was the WOMEN'S restroom. (To me, she looks completely feminine so I have no idea what the person's issue was.)
I'm just waiting to hear the outrage from some of the supporters of these laws when their wives and daughters start getting harassed for not looking "feminine enough".
Just did this with my DD yesterday at a restaurant. There were 2 single toilet rooms. I didnt care if the one I used also had a urinal. I just didn't want to wait in the line for the women's room. Good thing I'm not in North Carolina. Lol.I'm a cisgender woman and I use men's bathrooms when they've got no line and the ladies' room has 10 people waiting. I can't think of a single time anyone cared.
THIS is the reason that I now carry pepper spray and I am not afraid to spray a guy using the women's bathroom while screaming for help
Agree with many who posted above...nothing has changed and pervs will be pervs.
I do find it interesting that now with the bathroom issue everybody is suddenly concerned for women and children. Why is this concern just coming now? Why haven't these people stood up against rape culture when scandals of football players and coaches come out? Priests and politicians? Where have the boycotts been? Why is the message then all about what the girl did or why ruin these good men's lives? We hate to see our "heroes" fall, but the concern for womens' safety now seems a bit hollow and frankly as an excuse to further marginalize an already marginalized group.
We were in a restaurant a few years ago there were a group of guys. You could diffently they were guys. Dressed in women's clothes. Make up and all. I noticed they all went into the women's bathroom. I'm sorry to say I found this very unsettling. What places to do now is have more companion bathrooms that way no one has to worry about anything
THIS is the reason that I now carry pepper spray and I am not afraid to spray a guy using the women's bathroom while screaming for help