Personally, I wouldn't care if men's rooms were unisex, but I am not the spokesman for all men. Would women use that if there was a women's WC? Some might, especially in airports where they suffer in long lines. I am not a woman so I cannot speak on their behalf and only know what they say. Most say that want women's spaces to be woman's…
Personally, I wouldn't care if men's rooms were unisex, but I am not the spokesman for all men. Would women use that if there was a women's WC? Some might, especially in airports where they suffer in long lines. I am not a woman so I cannot speak on their behalf and only know what they say. Most say that want women's spaces to be woman's spaces. As a general rule, the reasons for woman's spaces are about sex, rather than gender as something distinct from sex.
Passing? If they are truly passing it is a non-issue since nobody knows unless they step into a stall and urinate while standing, a giveaway sound.
While us blokes are speculating about what women want, here I go. For many women, it is simply about safety from men given the intimate privacy and vulnerabilities involved. For all the women that must be 'situationally aware' on the street, those dangers are multiplied in the tight confines of a bathroom. There are real dangers of being trapped inside a stall, being photographed while naked, being assaulted in tight quarters, and so on. It is a scary place. Women just aren't likely to do the random, disgusting things to which men (yes a very small percentage of men) subject them. If we are to be sincere about what many women want, safety should be at or near the top of the list.
Right. So if a feminine presenting transwoman who passes as a biological woman uses the women's bathroom, women will feel safe because they won't know she is biologically male. Conversely if a masculine presenting transman who passes as a biological man uses the women's bathroom, women will feel unsafe despite him being a biological female.
Personally, I wouldn't care if men's rooms were unisex, but I am not the spokesman for all men. Would women use that if there was a women's WC? Some might, especially in airports where they suffer in long lines. I am not a woman so I cannot speak on their behalf and only know what they say. Most say that want women's spaces to be woman's spaces. As a general rule, the reasons for woman's spaces are about sex, rather than gender as something distinct from sex.
Passing? If they are truly passing it is a non-issue since nobody knows unless they step into a stall and urinate while standing, a giveaway sound.
While us blokes are speculating about what women want, here I go. For many women, it is simply about safety from men given the intimate privacy and vulnerabilities involved. For all the women that must be 'situationally aware' on the street, those dangers are multiplied in the tight confines of a bathroom. There are real dangers of being trapped inside a stall, being photographed while naked, being assaulted in tight quarters, and so on. It is a scary place. Women just aren't likely to do the random, disgusting things to which men (yes a very small percentage of men) subject them. If we are to be sincere about what many women want, safety should be at or near the top of the list.
Right. So if a feminine presenting transwoman who passes as a biological woman uses the women's bathroom, women will feel safe because they won't know she is biologically male. Conversely if a masculine presenting transman who passes as a biological man uses the women's bathroom, women will feel unsafe despite him being a biological female.
On first impression, yes. Violent crime, 96+% of the time is committed by a biological male, regardless of how they pass.