Originally Posted by
heatherdress
It has everything to do with privacy. Again, a third of all women are sexually assaulted in their lifetime. A third. I live with one and love her and understand her feelings about being assaulted by a male. She has gone to many CD functions and even when she knows and expects guys in a dress in the ladies room, she has fear and anxiety when see sees a 250 pound crossdressing guy in a dress standing behind her watching. She gets angry watching crossdressers take pictures in the ladies room, which they certainly do. She does feel that a public rest room with a sign that says women should provide some sort of sanctuary and some guy who is a crossdresser who claims he identifies as female at the moment should not be able to follow her into the bathroom. I have neighbors with young girls who prefer not to have men in the women's room when their daughters use it, especially when they are alone. And I have seen elderly women freak out when I have entered a ladies room and I know I caused them fear. It is not about sexual predators, even though men continue to be arrested in ladies room for taking pictures and for exposing themselves. It is about privacy. There is no constitutional right to use a public bathroom of your choice. Reason, empathy and good manners are what are needed. The more we push stupid and unnecessary bathroom laws, the more we will alienate people and acceptance. We can always find a place to pee, laws or no laws.
