(February 6, 2019 at 6:39 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: You asked me what I would do if a monster followed my daughter into the bathroom. If you didn't think it had something to do with trans people you wouldn't have asked. The folks over here making potty laws get alot of mileage out of the same less-than-subtle conflation.
I think that an ounce of self awareness would go a long way on this issue, not just in your case, but in the general case.
See, I've actually seen what sexual confusion looks like, and the very real dangers that come from it. I lived through it as a teen. And anywhere there's any level of confusion, rage, or anxiety, this is likely to make people act in unpredictable ways. I know this from personal experience.
Now, my experience is that it's the ones on that cutting edge who are most unpredictable-- like the "straight" priest who offers kids an extra bowl of soup from the kitchen if he'll stay after to help "clean up," or the jock who is just in the process of realizing he's gay.
Psych research upholds this-- for example, post-office or completely transitioned trans people fare better than those in transition. But the problem is that there are a million gradations of realization and acceptance, and all kinds of dysphorias that come along with it. Just saying, "Oh. . . you identify as female? Well, that's swell!" is another example of those PC positions that aren't, in my opinion, very well thought-out.
