It also would be helpful against fatshaming and ableism. Kids are really cruel and unles you are stereotypically hot they will crucify you

Do you have any female friends now? I hope you do. There are plenty of good and supportive women out there. And yes men can be just as horrible to other men but that's not the point of safe spaces.

I have one solid female friend who would be infuriated with this issue. Had another married to one of my two best Male friends for years. They have two kids. She cheated on him, numerous times. Then left him and took me off as a friend on Facebook. I will have his back over her's in this situation. There is also a group on Facebook called "sister to sister" where its women only and to ask for or give advice. Even just to rant. That's a nice place for me.

You're an idiot if you don't understand why women still feel uncomfortable around other men. We KNOW that it's "not all men". However we don't know which men are the good ones. And that's why we have to be weary of all men. You may say that you can be trustworthy (and I'm sure you are) but we're not going to know for sure because men have lied before.

@Rachael, you do understand that a trans woman is a WOMAN, right?

trans women aren't women. they're men playing make-belief, acting as if womanhood is a mask or a costume you can put on. wearing dresses and putting on make-up doesn't make you a woman. having two x chromosomes does.

Trust me, many trans women are are just as terrified of men as you are. I spent decades of my life being both abused by them while also having to pretend to be one.

There are statistics that almost all kids that transition young have absolutely no regrets and knew it was the right decision for them

Many teenagers actually know exactly what they are from a young age. And they have every right too

I know this whole thing was from a few months ago, but I just wanna comment. there's a growing number of detransitioners, and the vast majority of people (approximately 80-94%) with gender dysphoria grow out of it. however, with the growing number of people claiming to be the opposite sex, there are also increasing rates of surgeries: cutting the breasts off of healthy girls, sterilising children as young as thirteen, giving teenagers drugs such as Lupron - which was originally used to chemically castrate sex offenders before kids started finding out about and using these drugs. most kids do not "know exactly what they are from a young age". seven-year-olds believe Santa is real; how on earth are they meant to be able to make life-altering decisions about their gender? when I was the age of most of these kids "transitioning", I had COMPLETELY different aspirations about who I was and who I wanted to be than my viewpoints now.

none of these 11 cases (with only 2 actually charged) have anything to do with a trans woman using a bathroom. try again

(replying to chuck.dont.surf) https://www.peaktrans.org/crime/

well, here's one: Darren Merager. registered sex offender. arrested multiple times on indecent exposure and other crimes including burglary and something he did to an old lady I won't go into detail with. He declared himself a "transgender woman" and walked into a woman's spa where he undressed directly in front of multiple women and children. multiple people complained that a naked man with all of his reproductive organs was showing himself off to the children there. they were slammed as transphobes and bigots. Darren Merager has done this multiple times. and I could list more examples, if you'd like. the unnamed girl r*aped in the girl's bathrooms by a "gender fluid" boy after he watched he undress. Karen White, one of the more well-known examples. the woman r*aped in a NHS hospital ward by a "transgender women" who was allowed into the women's sleeping ward on the basis of his self-identification. there are so many more.

It’s not happening “frequently”. You can find an example of humans doing almost anything under the sun on the internet. Your cherry-picked examples aren’t going to prove that it’s happening “frequently”.

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so if women aren't sexually assaulted and harassed frequently you're saying we just ignore the fact it's happening? how many rapes do you want to happen before you take notice? 100? 1000? how many before you find it is a very real and very serious issue? and anyway, it IS happening frequently, just search up "Karen White" or "Darren Merager" or about the woman raped on the NHS hospital ward or the other woman raped by a trans person she refused to have sex with, or the MANY other examples.

And feel free to have the last word because I’m done commenting on a story that’s at least 9 months old. I got cat photos to comment on. Haha so have at it dude.

A pervert is a pervert. An assailant is an assailant. Being trans doesn’t make you either of those. I don’t know what narrative you’re trying to curate here but trans people exist and they need to use the toilet and/or a lockerroom. And a lot of trans men/women look more like “biological” men and women than some cis people do. So unless you require a security guard performing a genital check upon entry into a toilet or gym, this is a ridiculous conversation to have. You’re going to have some “manly” looking cis-women getting accused of being men in drag. And you’re going to have very masculine presenting trans-men who will cause a stir if they walk into the toilet of the gender they were assigned at birth. So I’m not sure what your solution is here. Trans people exist.

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being trans doesn't make you a pervert or an assailant, I agree. but it's extremely easy for a predator to use being trans as an excuse for them to use private female-only spaces, like Darren Merager as I mentioned earlier, he claimed to be a woman to enter the woman's spa and walk around naked in front of the children there. and I'm not saying "implement a security system and a genital check!", that'd be ridiculous. what I'm saying is that people should use the bathroom or changing room that aligns with their biological sex, not their gender, since it not only makes other people feel more comfortable but also toilets are made for people of a certain sex, that's why the men's toilets have urinals whilst the women's doesn't, and it prevents predators from taking advantage of the system to assault women.