• Maple Engineer@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Let’s be real, the bathroom itself by the problem. No one is uncomfortable with the physical facilities. So, forcing trans women to use a bathroom with people they aren’t comfortable sharing a bathroom with is bad but forcing cis women to share a bathroom with people they aren’t comfortable sharing a bathroom with is totally ok, right? If the single, ungendered bathroom isn’t the most equal solution then this whole issue isn’t about equality.

    EDIT: To be clear, before the extremists inevitably pile on, I am very much for equality and trans right and have been since before most of the current cabal of extremists were born. As a cis man I don’t care who I’m peeing next to but I can understande why a cis woman might have reservations about sharing a bathroom with someone who has as penis.

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      3 hours ago

      So your solution to a problem affecting a small minority is to use huge amounts of tax money to extend the problem to everyone, fixing it for none?

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        3 hours ago

        What precisely is your interpretation of Falkner’s assertion that trans people should lobby for a “third place”?

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          2 hours ago

          Its using huge amounts of tax money not solving a problem, but at least it wouldnt create one for millions of people.

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        3 hours ago

        Labeling me a troll will NOT silence me. If you’re not here to have a good faith discussion, leave.

        How does gender neutral washrooms not solve the problem?

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          2 hours ago

          I misinterpreted parts of your comment and already edited it before you finished yours.

          Nevertheless, Im a little confused about your stance. You literally wrote in your comment that it would make women uncomfortable by forcing them to share restrooms with men. It would solve the problem for (some, definitely not most) trans women and create the same problem for 100 times the number of cis women.