I think there's another viewpoint that you missed... There are a whole bunch of "moderately concerned" folks out there who, when pressed to elaborate on their views, say "People who are not women should not be allowed to use women's restrooms". The distinction being that they are fine with full-time transitioned women, but are not fine with "men in dresses".Originally Posted by Mayo
When it comes to AVERAGE people - not the most hateful activists - relatively few are actually vehemently pushing for trans women to be kicked out of the women's room. A larger number are concerned about men who declare that they're a woman while they're wearing a dress. This is the case that the anti-trans groups constantly bring up. I don't agree with those groups on almost anything, but I honestly do not understand why people who consider themselves "not a woman" (or especially "a man") feel as though it is their "right as a human being" to access women's rooms. Everybody should have the right to access a safe bathroom, but that is a very different statement.
I'm all for converting bathrooms to be gender neutral, but I don't think men should have the RIGHT to use women's rooms as they're currently defined. I know lots of women who are uncomfortable with the idea of men in there. I'm one of them, I understand their reasoning, and I've got a host of other reasons that they can (mostly) only imagine. I know the statistics, but I've also seen "how the sausage is made", so to speak. I can't in good conscience tell other women that some of their concerns are unfounded. I've seen the supporting evidence, and continue to see it more or less daily.
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