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Originally Posted by Ninastar
Yeah, anyone can get attacked anywhere, that's not the point. I'm pretty sure a person who has been raped by a male or a female, isnt going to feel comfortable going to the toilets with that gender in there too. I'm pretty sure they aren't going to think 'ah well its okay cause i can get raped anywhere, anyway', they're going to do anything they can to try and avoid contact with that gender, and gender neutral toilets are the last place they'd want to go.
LT makes a good point about drunk men at football games and the likes. I'd hate the thought of having to share a bathroom with drunk men. I might be labelled sexist, but I don't care. People shouldnt have to explain why they would feel uncomfortable with it. It doesnt make them sexist or transphobic. Some people will just never be comfortable with it and we should hate on them for it.  |
So then like Greg said, what are men who've been raped by other men supposed to do? Or women raped by women? Must they use the toilet assigned to their gender and we'll just forget about the fact they were raped because oh well they're the minority? I'm pretty sure a rape victim will definitely be thinking they can be raped anywhere actually, I'm pretty sure it would be playing on their mind for most of their life, toilet, alleyway, park, road, house, wherever. Do we start segregating the sexes in all of these places too? And again what about those who were raped by a member of the same sex? How do you resolve that problem?
You would be sharing a bathroom with drunk men and women, you wouldn't be the only woman alone. Men aren't all predatory rapists or thugs waiting to attack you, and if you were in a bathroom with multiple men and multiple women the chances of anything happening to anyone fall dramatically.
You are jumping to conclusions in saying anyone's been labelled sexist or transphobic, until someone makes any comments of that ilk they won't be. The only reason people feel uncomfortable with it is because they've been brought up using the divided system and the concept of sharing bathrooms is an alien one, that's all. It doesn't mean it's a terrible idea, just that you're not used to it. But the pros of mixing bathrooms universally far outweigh the 'well I don't want to have a piss with a bunch of dirty men!' argument.