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Post by thorshairspray on Mar 2, 2017 1:00:40 GMT
Good question - I'm not even sure that's "slippery slope" so much as logical follow-up questions on the topic. Given that the function of those programs and institutions are to rectify or address issues specific to living life as a woman in our society, if the individual in question is doing just that then my gut reaction would be "yes". But I'm hardly prepared to iron out and qualify every implication behind those questions as some actor in Chicago, I'm just wondering at the numbers behind the "danger" of trans individuals in repealing these laws. Myself, I've had several people in my sphere (the southern end) ask me "Would you let your four year old daughter be in a restroom with one of these people?", like they're all paedo time bombs that were just waiting on these laws to arrive so they could harvest a field of kids. But I've worked with several, I've performed with several, I still hang out with several - I don't really see the connection. Although when you just leave it at "identify" it sort of puts me in mind of some bearded uber-left dude on a website that features "otherkin" or something saying he "identifies as a woman". I don't think the Obama Federal Guidelines on bathrooms gave a qualifier other than the students identity? See, my concern isn't transpeople, its people who aren't pretending they are. See there appears no qualifier here, especially since the APA decided it was no longer a disorder, but a natural state of human existence. Pretty much all government help is directed at women rather than men, from subsidies to scholarships to grants, I see no reason that the government could deny me any of those if I claimed I was a woman, despite being a six foot 200lb hairy bloke.
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Post by Cinemachinery on Mar 2, 2017 10:04:15 GMT
(I presume you meant "people who are pretending they are".) There's been nothing to prevent a man (or woman) from dressing as a woman (or man) to gain entry to a restroom and commit sexual assault up to this point. Why would putting a rule into effect allowing trans folk to use their restroom of choice suddenly introduce the threat? You don't need surgery and a series of hormone injections to pass yourself off as the other sex in order to commit assault. Why is it suddenly a looming issue because of trans folks? The laws are (and should) be directed both ways. It's going to cause issues and complications, it's going to see different solutions in different areas and it's going to see a lot of disagreement and chaos, but... the fact is gender is growing blurry for lack of a hunter/gatherer category to fill. (Hence the reactionary presence of MGTOW and RoK and the like) The role of gender in society is changing. The ability to "change sex" is only going to get more refined, and the need to play at one gender role or the other is only going to grow less necessary. Passing laws to make people like this: ... use a public restroom full of men aren't going to inhibit that. They're simply going to cause more discomfort and chaos... whereas this whole "pretending to be trans" thing doesn't suddenly arrive because we're finally discussing bathrooms. The ability to play at either sex has always been possible.
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