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.

Do Heterosexuals Have Any Rights?

The current assault on women's right to privacy in public restrooms implies that only those born with Gender Identity Disorder have any personal rights.  GIDites believe that people with male anatomies who are dressed as women should be able to use restrooms designated for people with female anatomies.   Women  are justifiably  concerned that sexual predators can take advantage of this situation and  dress as women to gain access to women's restrooms.   Depriving women of their right to sexual privacy to accommodate men makes women second class citizens. 

Psychologists first used the  term "Gender Identity Disorder" to describe persons who believed they had a brain of one sex trapped in the body of the other (transsexuals).  Recent research using functional
MRI's indicates that transsexuals really do have a brain of one sex in the body of the other sex.  This research indicates that those who consider themselves "homosexuals" have this same birth defect but don't recognize their condition.   "Transvestites" are males who like to dress as females. It's unclear if this desire involves a brain defect.    I'm not aware of a term for females who like to dress as males.

GIDites claim that transsexuals and transvestites might be attacked if they used a men's restroom while dressed as women.   GIDites seem incapable of understanding that sexual predators occasionally dress as women and enter women's restrooms in search of prey.   If GIDites can enter women's restrooms dressed as women then so can sexual predators.  Doctors can use an MRI to determine if a  person is a transsexual, but there is no test to determine if someone is a transvestite.  Some sexual predators have taken advantage of this situation to gain access to potential victims. 

GIDites reject a compromise that would provide the option of individual user restrooms for men dressed as women who don't want to use a men's restroom.  Single user, or family, restrooms would help solve other problems.    Parents are sometimes concerned about having a child of  the opposite sex use a public restroom because they cannot be sure who will be in there. 

A single user restroom would provide a safe place for a child to go.    Public schools should switch to single user restrooms for all students.   A poll indicates 43% of students fear harassment in restrooms because of the bullying prolem. 

Some adults might welcome the possibility of  using a "private" restroom.   For example,  some have medical conditions that require them to use diapers or similar products.   The women's restrooms I used to clean had small trash receptacles  for feminine hygiene products but I don't know if all women's restrooms have them.  Men's restrooms generally don't have them so there is the potential for embarrassment when disposing of such products.   The availability of single user restrooms would allow government to prohibit sexual predators, particularly those who prey on children,  from using communal restrooms.

Government could eliminate the problem for transsexuals by having Obamacare cover sex change operations.   Being born with a brain of one sex and the body of the other is a birth defect and  surgery to put the body on the same sexual page as the brain is corrective surgery.

The GIDites claim to be harmless, but are actually Trojan horses who are creating opportunities for sexual predators who wish to deprive women of their sexual privacy.  

There can be no justification for increasing the risk of rape so that some men can dress up as women.   Alternatives are available so such men can access a restroom.   The potential cost to rape victims is too great to provide such men access to the same restrooms as women.

Rape can be an extremely traumatic event for women    31% of rape survivors have problems with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which is sometimes a problem for men who have been in extreme military combat.   13% of rape survivors attempt suicide and many turn to drugs or alcohol to escape the memory.  26.6% of women with bulimia nervosa reported they had been raped.

Those who want men  dressed as women to have access to women's restrooms obviously have no respect for a woman's right to sexual privacy or safety.   Congress should impeach any federal official who attempts to deprive women of their right to sexual privacy and increase the risk of sexual assault.