Personally this makes me feel so uncomfortable, thinking that a man could be in the bathroom stall next to me. How easy would it be for some perverted guy to go out, buy a dress, wave his arms yelling, "But wait! I'm transgender!" As he strolls into the women's bathroom and does God knows what in there. Transgender men dressing as women are not women.
In my town, there was a man who was waiting in a public bathroom stall with a hammer. A HAMMER. He lunged at some woman who opened the door and tried to kill her! And just think how much easier will it be for a man to go into a women's bathroom, without objection now. It broadens the door of opportunity. When rules like this get passed, they don't think of situations like this because they are so "rare".
It's the same situation that my mom and I encountered in a Target dressing room. I was trying on some shirts for work and she was waiting at the desk. I heard my mom talking to the woman at the front desk of the dressing room and it was very apparent she was concerned about something. When I walked out, I asked her what she was talking about, and she told me she heard a woman giggling in the dressing room, followed by a man's voice talking to her in the same stall. My mom had asked, "Do I hear a man back there?" And the woman at the counter told her that all dressing rooms are gender neutral for families, so any man and woman, despite how young or old they are, can go into the same dressing room together. My mom and I both were so shocked by that.
Now you may think worst case scenario, a couple is in there probably doing things they shouldn't be doing in a public space, which is already bad enough. But my mom really put it into perspective for me. With that being common knowledge to the general public that the dressing rooms are gender neutral, how many rapists, child molesters, just creepy people in general is that going to attract? My mom talked to the manager of the store and told him, "What if a little girl was in those dressing rooms and, not thinking, she didn't close her door all the way, or didn't lock it? A man could have walked by and opened her door while she was changing and that girl would have been so embarrassed a strange man had saw her. Before she could scream or anything, that man is already gone and the damage is done. It happens that quickly. The damage done by this isn't always about preventing rape or kidnapping." The manager didn't know what to say to her obviously, because like everyone who has set this new trend into motion, it's one-sided thinking. All of these people silently hope it will never happen, or that they personally will not have to deal with a situation like that.
If you want to be transgender, fine. You have to deal with God on that one. We all have free will, and the choice is yours to make. But why should I feel uncomfortable, increasing the chances of something dangerous happening to me in such vulnerable places like bathrooms and dressing rooms, just so you can feel more justified and comfortable in the decisions you made? If they REALLY want to accommodate trans-gendered people, why not make their own bathrooms and dressing rooms? The money it would take to do this would be insane, and for some reason, these people think that peeing in the same place as us somehow makes them more of a woman, which is ridiculous.
I can tell you right now. I can pee in a woman's room, a men's room, or out in the forest, and that does not make me second guess my gender for a second.
In my town, there was a man who was waiting in a public bathroom stall with a hammer. A HAMMER. He lunged at some woman who opened the door and tried to kill her! And just think how much easier will it be for a man to go into a women's bathroom, without objection now. It broadens the door of opportunity. When rules like this get passed, they don't think of situations like this because they are so "rare".
It's the same situation that my mom and I encountered in a Target dressing room. I was trying on some shirts for work and she was waiting at the desk. I heard my mom talking to the woman at the front desk of the dressing room and it was very apparent she was concerned about something. When I walked out, I asked her what she was talking about, and she told me she heard a woman giggling in the dressing room, followed by a man's voice talking to her in the same stall. My mom had asked, "Do I hear a man back there?" And the woman at the counter told her that all dressing rooms are gender neutral for families, so any man and woman, despite how young or old they are, can go into the same dressing room together. My mom and I both were so shocked by that.
Now you may think worst case scenario, a couple is in there probably doing things they shouldn't be doing in a public space, which is already bad enough. But my mom really put it into perspective for me. With that being common knowledge to the general public that the dressing rooms are gender neutral, how many rapists, child molesters, just creepy people in general is that going to attract? My mom talked to the manager of the store and told him, "What if a little girl was in those dressing rooms and, not thinking, she didn't close her door all the way, or didn't lock it? A man could have walked by and opened her door while she was changing and that girl would have been so embarrassed a strange man had saw her. Before she could scream or anything, that man is already gone and the damage is done. It happens that quickly. The damage done by this isn't always about preventing rape or kidnapping." The manager didn't know what to say to her obviously, because like everyone who has set this new trend into motion, it's one-sided thinking. All of these people silently hope it will never happen, or that they personally will not have to deal with a situation like that.
If you want to be transgender, fine. You have to deal with God on that one. We all have free will, and the choice is yours to make. But why should I feel uncomfortable, increasing the chances of something dangerous happening to me in such vulnerable places like bathrooms and dressing rooms, just so you can feel more justified and comfortable in the decisions you made? If they REALLY want to accommodate trans-gendered people, why not make their own bathrooms and dressing rooms? The money it would take to do this would be insane, and for some reason, these people think that peeing in the same place as us somehow makes them more of a woman, which is ridiculous.
I can tell you right now. I can pee in a woman's room, a men's room, or out in the forest, and that does not make me second guess my gender for a second.
