NC Gov on the wrong side of history......

[Neo-Scholastic]

You never gave this ONE IOTA of your attention that a man could dress up like a woman to walk in and peep on women using the bathroom in the past.

You are absolutely correct. It never occurred to me that any mentally-stable law-abiding person would use the bathroom of the opposite sex. I always assumed that if a man went into a women's bathroom he would be reported and escorted out. My guess is that most creeps and criminals would have made the same assumption. Social norms proscribed normative behavior and provided recourse when someone felt his or her privacy had been violated.

I can accept that cultural norms change. Many fears are irrational. At the same time I recognize that some people are immoral and criminal. Removing the stigma provides cover for such deviants. The situation is similar to calling people "Islamaphobes" for recognizing that terrorist attacks are overwhelmingly perpetrated by Muslim extremists. I may be more likely to be struck by lightning than blown up by a suicide bomber but I don't stand under flagpoles during storms. However, the stigma of being called a bigot for having a modicum of vigilance is now so strong that criminals will disguise themselves in Burkas because they know that people will intentionally look away and consciously ignore them.