If there were an increase in assault it would be when a trans wanted to go in the men's room and I suspect they would be the one assaulted.
He wants to be a provocateur but he doesn't even have the shreds of credibility it takes for that. It shows so badly when you don't even understand your own arguments and the only response to feedback is "scoreboard". I play because ,well,you know, but it's not much of a game. It would be interesting if he could make an argument that he actually had some real sources to support that was a little more neutral than Newsmax and the like.
As I mentioned earlier, it's not necessarily the trans women I'm worried about. The numbers are too low to really matter.
So let's flip that around. You're touring the Capitol and need to use the restroom, so you enter the men's room and see Sarah McBride coming out of a stall.
How about those under the treatment protocol for transitioning? Don't know much about it but my son had a friend who went through that some 30 years ago. I didn't know him well and really didn't care but I overheard enough to get that he had to live either a year or two years as a woman before any of the surgery and stuff would be considered. I don't know if that is true today but being under medical and/or psychological evaluation would move it well past a whim. I'd assume any sort of violation of the terms of treatment would affect the ability to proceed.
It sounds like most people are not concerned that trans women will be the ones causing problems in restrooms. It sounds like people are concerned about cis men either pretending to be trans women or just using some legal opening to waltz into women's restrooms.
These people have no understanding of logical fallacies, much less the introspection needed to acknowledge their use.
So, again, I'm not nearly as concerned about trans women specifically. The numbers are very small so there's little risk for negative impact to cis women. It's more opening the door to all males in women's restrooms, locker rooms and showers. I think many women will want, and should have, the ability to change and shower in privacy and safety.So let's flip that around. You're touring the Capitol and need to use the restroom, so you enter the men's room and see Sarah McBride coming out of a stall.
That's apparently where House leadership wants her to be. How do you think that makes her feel? How does it make you feel while you're standing at the urinal doing your business and she's washing her hands right behind you?
I understand the complexities of these situations. What I don't understand is how it could possibly make more sense to require Sarah to use the men's room, where there's not full privacy, as opposed to the women's room, where there is.
That door is already open to all males. Generally speaking, there are no laws prohibiting people from using the other bathroom. It's a matter for the establishments to police (one reason that bars and restaurants often have single-occupancy unisex bathrooms).
There is full privacy in men's room.So let's flip that around. You're touring the Capitol and need to use the restroom, so you enter the men's room and see Sarah McBride coming out of a stall.
That's apparently where House leadership wants her to be. How do you think that makes her feel? How does it make you feel while you're standing at the urinal doing your business and she's washing her hands right behind you?
I understand the complexities of these situations. What I don't understand is how it could possibly make more sense to require Sarah to use the men's room, where there's not full privacy, as opposed to the women's room, where there is.
I mean, sure, if you're one of those people who always uses a stall to pee.
The answer here for me is that if she uses the women’s restroom, she’s putting other biological women in an awkward spot where they’re in the bathroom with a biological man.So let's flip that around. You're touring the Capitol and need to use the restroom, so you enter the men's room and see Sarah McBride coming out of a stall.
That's apparently where House leadership wants her to be. How do you think that makes her feel? How does it make you feel while you're standing at the urinal doing your business and she's washing her hands right behind you?
I understand the complexities of these situations. What I don't understand is how it could possibly make more sense to require Sarah to use the men's room, where there's not full privacy, as opposed to the women's room, where there is.
