Recent events have put anti-discrimination bills in congress front and center yet again. And it's concerning. For the most part, I've been content with watching from the sidelines and appreciating all the lovely memes this issue has come up with.
Some of them have the right idea and some of them are funny but impractical. One post I found particularly funny was this trans-woman who decided to take a selfie in the men's bathroom clearly showing people peeing in the urinals. I found it particularly funny as it did drive the point home - "Want us in the men's CR? You get this!"
I've made my thoughts on this issue very clear. I dislike any form of legislation either way. I don't want congress to pass a bill that would say trans-women should be allowed to use the women's CR and I also wouldn't want congress to pass into law something that says trans-women must use the men's CR. It's one of those things that's best left out of the government's hands.
The way I see it is very simple. The issue about bathrooms who uses which bathroom is just a matter of etiquette. If I, for example, were to enter and use the women's CR, I would simply be considered rude or disruptive or a creep. This is why whenever I use the women's CR (and I only do so in certain emergencies... ahem), I always feel the need to apologize and explain myself to women if they happen to be lining up after me.
Again, it's all about etiquette. Should congress pass laws that police etiquette? I don't think so. That said, can private citizens police rude behavior? Yes, they can! When waiters inform diners to keep their voices down when they've been excessively noisy, that's an example of establishments protecting their clients from rude behavior. When gyms inform patrons that their smell is offensive to some people, they do in fact reserve their right to do so.
None of these actions can be seen as harming anyone else. But they are rude behaviors which we as private citizens are allowed to police. I have on numerous occasions shushed people I sat beside in a movie theater. I have also informed people using their cellphone inside the movie house that their phone's light is distracting me from the movie.
So when a trans-woman walks in a female CR, some people will find it rude. The facts of the matter are still set in stone. A trans-women is still a man no matter what sort of procedure has already been done. Humans have known for thousands of years the difference between men and women and it's only now that for some strange reason, we've decided to forget this basic fact. And say I'm wrong about this fact (which I'm not), it has yet to be shown that trans-women are real women apart from them asserting that they are.
I'll end this by going back to the funny post I mentioned earlier. No one wants their picture taken while doing their business. That was once again something that we could police. If they want to use the men's CR, go ahead, the urinals and cubicles are there for them to use but don't take pictures of people peeing in the bathroom. It's so rude, I found it very funny.
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