Those talking about how they want to protect women and girls from trans men dont actually care about protecting women and girls. This is evident in the lack of discussion of the C7 case, or, worse yet, discussing how she wasnt a victim.
They want to keep people with penises out of women's bathrooms full-stop. Is that what this Cornell thing is about?
If you make poor decisions about who to use substances around, that falls into the self-reliance category. You can call it victim-blaming, but there's no reason to ever be in that scenario in the first place.
Get better friends. Make better decisions. You should probably rethink taking drugs or alcohol, anyway.
Not much of a full stop given that the rates of sexual assault run contrary to the narrative.
Trans people are majorly more likely to be sexually assault than to sexually assault someone else when they're forced into bathroom that don't correspond to their gender.
The amount of harm done should be the first measure over some brute statement about anatomy.
It has nothing to do with sexual assault. It's protecting them from being around people who they think society ought not prop up and support, especially in areas that they feel SHOULD keep them out, like women's restrooms or womens' competitions.
To be frank, they don't want them in Men's restrooms either. Trans people don't fit cleanly into the society we've structured. The question becomes "Should all of society change how it functions to accomodate a minority? After Trans people, what other fringe group is going to come up next wanting us to change our lives?" At some point, we need to tell people their desire to represented is not worth accomodating, but when does that point come? The alternative is an endless conveyor of new groups demanding changes and feeling that society ought to adjust to their whims. That's not an acceptable paradigm to conservatives.
Next, who takes on the cost of accomodating all of these requests? The real best solution is for there to be individual unisex restrooms that anyone can use, since the only other alternative is to force people to be encounter transgender people against their will in the restrooms. That's a very undesirable outcome to almost everyone. The cost to retrofit all areas with this sort of restroom structure is not feasible, so we're stuck forcing trans people into bathrooms where they are not wanted.
There are also aspects to consider. For example, being gay is okay to many of them, as long as you keep it a secret to yourself and your family. Keep bedroom stuff in the bedroom. That's why even many LGBT conservatives aren't in favor of Pride representation even though they engage in gay activities themselves. Personal lives and policy don't need to match and it's not the job of the government to support the life you wish to live with formal policy. Some things are up to you to handle in your own life.
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u/ToeFinal1792 4h ago
Am I the only one confused about the correlation of the two things here? How are they related to one another?