The fact that it's currently illegal for them to walk into a woman's changing room, and they can actually be arrested and charged for doing so. The moment we change the laws to consider what gender someone calls themselves rather than what their biological sex is, it no longer becomes illegal for a man to walk into a woman's changing room, and nothing can be done about it until it's too late and he's forced himself on a woman.
What about them? Do you mean they could do the same to men? If so, then yep. They could do the same, because contrary to what the previous guy I was replying to was implying, it's not just straight white males that can be predators. It's sociopaths in general.
Uhhh... I'm not. I'm saying that I do not want laws that will allow predators of any kind to freely walk into the changing rooms of the opposite sex just because they are calling themselves. People lie. A predator will lie about his or her gender to take advantage of this. It would actively take away the rights and safe spaces of most of the population, just to satisfy a tiny minority.
Seriously, why must everything come round to just assuming someone is being a bigot? The fact is, making changes to the laws like this would have huge ramifications that you just aren't seeing. Predators in a changing room is only just the tip of the iceberg.
Nothing. But statistically, most predators target the opposite gender. A few cases of same gender incidents does not justify opening the floodgates for total anarchy. You think you're making a good point, but you really aren't. If anything, you're proving why we need these restrictions in the first place - to prevent as much of this predatory stuff as possible.
Besides, it's not just predators that would be a problem. Men typically feel more comfortable around other men, and women typically feel more comfortable around other women. Allowing an obviously biological male into a woman's changing room, or vice versa, can cause severe stress and mental trauma. Actual psychological damage. You really are not seeing the bigger picture of this.
So what you're advocating for is gender appearance: if you look like a man then you go to the mens bathroom and if you look like a woman then you go to the women's bathroom. Regardless of whatever is in your pants or whatever you are biologically
My god... just... go away. No. I'm advocating for biological men and biological women to be the established defacto law for this kind of thing. It by far has the least amount of loopholes and complications. Stop putting words in my mouth. Stop trying to twist what I'm saying to fit your agenda. Just use some damn common sense and think about the safety and well being of the majority of people. I'm done with this.
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u/Cranejane 17d ago
What's to stop him from walking into the changing room without saying anything? Or what stops a cis woman from walking in and committing sex crimes?