(July 7, 2015 at 1:00 pm)robvalue Wrote: But I was thinking, it's not that different from people being together in another environment. If there's three blokes and a women in an office, and no one else can see what is going on, what's the difference?
Harassment does sometimes happen then (probably a lot more than most people realize), so it is not completely a matter of nudity. In fact, it is not really ever a matter of nudity per se. But:
(July 7, 2015 at 1:00 pm)robvalue Wrote: I'm not trying to be awkward, I'm genuinely trying to see why this is different. But I can totally see why women would be uncomfortable with men around while changing, I have no problem with that. But the idea that because there are states of undress going on people are more likely to perform sexual attacks... I don't know! I suppose those with lesser self control may impulsively do things they otherwise wouldn't.
Yes. And that is sufficient justification for having separate changing rooms.
(July 7, 2015 at 1:00 pm)robvalue Wrote: And, you could get a lesbian doing exactly the same thing in an all-women changing room.
It is certainly possible, and I imagine it does happen occasionally. But I doubt it is a common problem. Perhaps you should ask women about this, to find out how many of them have ever seen any examples of this happening.
(July 7, 2015 at 1:00 pm)robvalue Wrote: I suppose it's the best compromise, and people do seem generally happy with it. I've never given it much thought before. In England prudishness is a national sport, so I doubt it's going away any time soon here either.
Things like this should involve thinking about the matter practically. Ideally, there would be no need for separate rooms at all, but we do not live in an ideal world.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
