[Vicky.]

Basically this...'predatory men will get into womens areas anyway if they want to' argument...lets put this into another context

Burglars are going to burgle anyway. Why lock our doors?

The reason being, that it makes us feel safer, and it is a deterrent of sorts. It protects us against 'opportunistic burglars' too. It makes us feel we have done all we can to stop such people taking our stuff.

Women are taught by society that they need to protect themselves from men. Not all men of course, but a significant minority. I disagree with blaming women for the behaviour of men, but I agree that it makes sense to do what you can to be safe. We are told to basically, safeguard ourselves. Yet with this one topic, we are supposed to ignore all of our instincts, all of our fears. I don't get it. There is proof that when stores adapt unisex changing, voyeurism shoots up. So clearly there are a lot of people who would not offend usually (despite being able to walk into the opposite sex changing areas) but who do offend when its easier for them to do so for whatever reason. My issue with some of the arguments used on this topic, are that yes, theres technically nothing stopping predators from..being predators...but I am 100% against making it easier for them to be predators, and adopting self-ID will make things easier. We have sex segregation for a reason. And adopting self-ID is effectively ending sex segregation, but dressed up under 'trans rights'. Add the word trans, and some people seem to not be able to actually see the real problem as they automatically feel the need to agree with whatever will apparently give trans people more rights. All the while while not realising that trans is not just shorthand for transsexual...it includes the likes of crossdressers. And Transvestic fetishism is the most common paraphilia among sex offenders too. Worth thinking about really.