QT: Do you understand why women need single sex spaces?

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[–]GenderbenderShe/her/hers 5 insightful - 9 fun5 insightful - 8 fun6 insightful - 9 fun -  (3 children)

I am a natal female, and honestly I see no point for sexsegregated spaces. For instance in a bathroom, there are already stalls, so why should it matter who is in the next stall if they are not harassing you? I live in the US and stalls have huge gaps on the bottom and top of the walls which I hate, so there is little privacy anyway regardless who else is in the restroom. As for locker rooms, you are changing in front of random strangers to begin with. Why should it matter who that stranger is? I think locker rooms should also have stalls because there are people who are uncomfortable changing in front of others regardless of the sex of everyone in the facility. This would solve a lot of issues.

Also, we consider trans women a group of women, not a group of men.

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As for locker rooms, you are changing in front of random strangers to begin with. Why should it matter who that stranger is?

To be clear, are you asking "why should it matter who that stranger is, be they (untransitioned) male or female?"

[–]GenderbenderShe/her/hers 3 insightful - 6 fun3 insightful - 5 fun4 insightful - 6 fun -  (1 child)

Yes.

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That hurdle is nigh unto unclearable in the U.S. based on legal interpretations of positive sex discrimination viz. religious practice alone.