The Absurd GOP

[arewethereyet]

How, precisely, does this bill protect women?

Curious about that myself. I’ve been in dozens of public unisex bathrooms and none of them appeared to be rape zones.

Boru

Upon further thought...it is in Congress...so a rape room isn't that farfetched.

[TheWhiteMarten]

How, precisely, does this bill protect women?

Curious about that myself. I’ve been in dozens of public unisex bathrooms and none of them appeared to be rape zones.

Boru

There are only two reasons a man is in a women's restroom...

1. He genuinely and legitimately got confused, went into the wrong room, and shouldn't be judged at all in the same way a woman shouldn't be judged if she was to accidently walk into the men's. 
2. He is a pervert.

The law doesn't apply to number one, and I'll leave it to your imagination as to how allowing male perverts into women's bathrooms - a place where they are relatively isolated - increases the chances of women being harmed; besides the inherent emotional harm of perverts being allowed into what are traditionally private spaces.

And absolutely it works both ways; a woman has no place in a male's restroom, however due to sexual dimorphism this just isn't the same sort of security or practical risk as the counterpoint.

[Silver]

It's a good thing trans women aren't men.

[Ravenshire]

It's a good thing trans women aren't men.

I don't expect the bigots in the room to appreciate that level of nuance.

[The Grand Nudger]

Capital boys room is full of perverts like mike johnson..but nobody is looking out for the little boys...which is odd, seeing as how guys like mike tend to like little boys and not full grown women.

[TheWhiteMarten]

It's a good thing trans women aren't men.

The overwhelming majority of men who identify as transgendered women are men; hermaphroditism, ovotesticular disorder, hyperandrogenism and similar conditions are extremely rare medical conditions that, without proper diagnosis, cannot be recognized.

*All* bathrooms, at least in the West, are historically and within living lifetime designated by sex rather than gender - for a variety of logical reasons, such as the above mentioned risk of allowing men into women's bathrooms as well as "gender" being a modern construct. 

What one identifies as does not change ones' sex, nor does mutilation of one's body.

[The Grand Nudger]

Could've introduced a bill to deal with price gouging and price fixing in the grocery aisle. Hell, could have announced his intention to dole out some white reparations. Could have done anything that might help the people he claims to represent. It's plain that nothing would be too ludicrous.

Didn't. Though. Why would he lift a finger to help the suckers who sent him? Right? It's easier to babble about scripture while he picks your pocket and points at some other guy.

[Silver]

It's a good thing trans women aren't men.

The overwhelming majority of men who identify as transgendered women are men; hermaphroditism, ovotesticular disorder, hyperandrogenism and similar conditions are extremely rare medical conditions that, without proper diagnosis, cannot be recognized.

*All* bathrooms, at least in the West, are historically and within living lifetime designated by sex rather than gender - for a variety of logical reasons, such as the above mentioned risk of allowing men into women's bathrooms as well as "gender" being a modern construct. 

What one identifies as does not change ones' sex, nor does mutilation of one's body.

[arewethereyet]

I think Thewhitemarten doth protest too much. I am 67 years old and the only time I have been afraid in a bathroom has been due to the condition of the facility.

Closed mind...paranoia...ignorance is a hell of a way to travel through life. TWM - back away from the MAGA juice.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Curious about that myself. I’ve been in dozens of public unisex bathrooms and none of them appeared to be rape zones.

Boru

There are only two reasons a man is in a women's restroom...

1. He genuinely and legitimately got confused, went into the wrong room, and shouldn't be judged at all in the same way a woman shouldn't be judged if she was to accidently walk into the men's. 
2. He is a pervert.

The law doesn't apply to number one, and I'll leave it to your imagination as to how allowing male perverts into women's bathrooms - a place where they are relatively isolated - increases the chances of women being harmed; besides the inherent emotional harm of perverts being allowed into what are traditionally private spaces.

And absolutely it works both ways; a woman has no place in a male's restroom, however due to sexual dimorphism this just isn't the same sort of security or practical risk as the counterpoint.

There, there. The trans people aren’t going to hurt you. There, there…

Boru