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ClemenceDane's avatar

"A purity spiral is a sociological theory which argues for the existence of a form of groupthink in which it becomes more beneficial to hold certain views than to not hold them, and more extreme views are rewarded *while expressing doubt, nuance, or moderation is punished* (a process sometimes called "moral outbidding"). It is argued that this feedback loop leads to members competing to demonstrate the zealotry or purity of their views."

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Here's some evidence for Catelyn. I didn't have any bathroom stories in my article so I looked for some this morning:

(No names, high school students) - After assault, Edmond transgender bathroom policy questioned - Oklahoma - 12.8.22 - An Edmond police report indicates an Oct. 26 assault in the girls’ bathroom at Memorial High School in which a girl was ‘badly beaten’ by a male student who identified as a female.

Miguel Martinez (No trans name) - Transgender man convicted of assaulting a 10-year-old girl in a bathroom - Montana - 10.20.17

No male name (Katie Dolatowski) - 18-year-old transwoman sexually assaults underage girl in a supermarket bathroom - Scotland - 02.06.19

(Unnamed attacker) - Woman who fought after transwoman attacker in a public park bathroom tells anti-trans group to stop using her story - Washington - 03.16.17

The hyperlinks don't carry over but the article will probably be out a week from this Wednesday. I also just found an article listing 21 alleged transgender attacks in bathrooms (committed by transwomen) put out by the Family Research Council, yet, a notorious right-wing Christian think thank. But, the right-wing press are the ones reporting this and I don't include a story if I can't find a legitimate source mentioning it elsewhere. So none of those stories are in there now. But some of them include bathroom attacks.

I'll also note that transgender women are sometimes attacked by non-transfolk in bathrooms too. That's not right either. Worse, some real women are being attacked by people mistaking them from transwomen because they have short hair or look kinda butch, I guess.

The solution really is third bathrooms, but only the fetishists think that's a bad idea.

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