What it boild down to in this particular case is that everyone should have a place to relieve themselves regardless of gender.
Don't they already? Surely they had a place to use the restroom prior to any bills passing?
I don't think it needs special attention but it needs the same attention that hate crimes get.
I think there's a dismal amount of "trans murders" back when that was they claim they used to advance political interests.
I wouldn't be surprised if there's few assaults as well.
You are right but suggestible people often can be manipulated by words. That's not a crime it's just not cool/right if one knows that the person is suggestible and someone else exploits that trait in the person. Again not always illegal but also not moral IMO.
That's a pretty philosophical question. All communication is essentially an attempt to manipulate someone.
Perhaps it's nothing more than trying to get someone to understand your perspective. Perhaps it's trying to get someone to change their mind. I'm not certain it's immoral if you are good at it.
I think on issues like this no one is alone but they may be in the minority
Regardless, you see the point I'm making, right? No one needs to protect popular speech.
I am convinced that people who want to violate others will find a way even if they are no longer able to use the ladie's room.
Sure...perhaps. Those rooms are often small though, with one entry/exit.
I go back to we can't know what's in ANYBODY'S mind.
As I said, prior to this nonsense...we could safely assume a man entering a women's restroom is up to something.
I am more afraid of a teacher, preacher, or coach securing the trust of my daughter and training her to keep their secret than a burly man stomping around the ladies.
Ok.
This is kind of what's at the heart of the matter. Sex is sex. It's indisputable because of chromosomes and DNA.
Uh huh.
When it comes to gender they don't consider what your genetics are as much as what do you want to live your life as.
That sounds suspiciously like a choice.
When we go to great lengths to accommodate someone, like someone in a wheelchair, it's because they don't have any choice.
Saying a person is a woman when they have male genitalia AND they live life as a man by not taking up any female traits doesn't seem logical.
Is there some combination of those factors that does seem logical to you?
I would agree of course, but it all seems illogical to me.
It's like ok, so you want to keep your penis and you don't want to dress in women's clothes......you're a man.
Just fyi...the activists see this idea as "transphobic". According to them, trans people don't have to transition to be trans. After all, these little children deciding they're trans haven't transitioned in many cases....would you say that the children aren't trans?
Decivinf=g someone is a little different than not disclosing something (but that's up to the morality police to decide I guess.
Well I think we can agree it's a deception if the trans person knows that their "date" is unaware they are trans.
The main thing I am defending in this case is that we should all have a place where we can do our business in relative privacy.
Again, didn't this already exist?
The sports thing is another issue because there, the issue is sex and not so much gender.
It seems like regardless of whether we are talking about prison, locker rooms, sports, or any issues apart from pronouns....biological reality is a significant factor.
In fact, I'd say that the whole concept of gender may just be a distraction...an attempt to reduce or eliminate the importance of biology.
I think that different situations may be considered on the basis of what they are trying to get/do. If there is proper confidentiality, there is no need to disclose that one has changed gender
I would have to disagree. I think if a trans person is completely passable....and no one would suspect they aren't what they claim to be....that needs to be disclosed prior to intimacy.
Otherwise I'd call it a situation close to "date rape". It's not a situation that one party consented to...and immediately before engaging in that activity is the wrong time to find out.
I don't think it should be a legal requirement but I do think it just takes a little courtesy.
I do...after all, we consider most sexual crimes to be grounded in consent. If you make out with someone you believe is a woman, and learn its not, you didn't consent to that activity.
There was a controversial law in CA that got passed labeling "stealthing" rape under the law. This is the act of removing a condom mid coitus without the knowledge of the other party despite agreeing to use condoms beforehand. It's a much smaller deception than the one we're talking about.