Wolves in Women's Clothing

A recent "Charlotte Observer" editorial repeats  common ignorance about efforts to protect the sexual privacy of women.    "Yes, the thought of male genitalia in girls’ locker rooms – and vice versa – might be distressing to some. But the battle for equality has always been in part about overcoming discomfort – with blacks sharing facilities, with gays sharing marriage – then realizing that it was not nearly so awful as some people imagined."

The "Observer's" editorial board apparently views the facts of life as they might be resented on  the "Brady Bunch" instead of on a cop show.   A woman has as much a right to be distressed if a male stranger exposes his genitals to her as a black man would if a white man showed him a hangman's noose.  

We human males are sexual predators by our animal nature.  Most of us learn when we are young that females have the right to decide if they want a physical relationship.  A man cannot knock a woman in the head with a club and drag her into his cave.  If he wants a physical relationship with a woman he must woo her with words, candy, flowers, etc.. Or, he can purchase a temporary relationship with a member of the world's "oldest profession".

Unfortunately, some men never learn this.   Like wolves they think any female is a potential sexual conquest.   These animals use their "junk" [to borrow David Letterman's term] as a sexual assault weapon much like  others use a knife or a gun.  Doctors can sometimes  heal the physical scars caused by a knife or gun, but the psychological scars caused by a sexual assault can last a lifetime.    A man who shows his junk to a woman who hasn't agreed to a physical relationship is threatening her well being  just like someone who threatens her with a knife or gun. 

Women  cannot read men's minds.  A woman in a restroom has no way of knowing in  advance if a man dressed as a woman is a harmless transsexual or a vicious wolf in women's clothing.

Contrary to the opinion   to the opinion of the "Observer" editorial, differences in skin color are not the same as sexual differences.   A white person cannot get black skin by touching a black person, but a man can force his DNA into a woman and possibly get her  pregnant.