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In reply to the discussion: Allowing biological men to use women's restrooms? [View all]Tree-Hugger
(3,379 posts)216. So do women
You will find urine all over seats, bloody tampons in bowls, and giant deuces clogging pipes in women's rooms. Women can be gross, too.
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Most women I know would be uncomfortable if a man enters to do his bussiness,
Agnosticsherbet
Sep 2015
#2
As a woman, I don't think I'd care if Caitlyn Jenner entered the women's bathroom I was in.
CTyankee
Sep 2015
#8
Exactly right. Nye is saying that transgendered female is not necessarily female
CreekDog
Sep 2015
#345
That may be, but I'm pretty likely to get attacked if I use a men's bathroom
MillennialDem
Sep 2015
#383
OK, this is making me crazy...I'm just taking myself out before I go completely nuts...
CTyankee
Sep 2015
#384
Me, I'm uncomfortable when anyone refers to it as "doing their business"
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2015
#26
I would be fully uncomfortable if a woman were in the men's room while I was using the urinal.
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#38
Exactly, it's a toilet, no big deal. If a guy is lounging around an empty ladies room, that's
underahedgerow
Sep 2015
#312
I think the real question for a man might be, if you had a 10 year old daughter
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#223
How do you know who is already in there or not? What about teachers at school, or maybe
uppityperson
Sep 2015
#246
How about he simply walked in with her and waited with her if there was a line, or for her to
uppityperson
Sep 2015
#257
Why? Maybe a man walking into a women's rest room is going it to fetch their child, or someone
uppityperson
Sep 2015
#292
I said "for no apparent reason" and empty restroom. So your examples don't fit.
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#294
I wouldn't trust anyone loitering in an empty restroom for no apparent reason
uppityperson
Sep 2015
#300
Maybe I missed something, but I think statistics is the very obvious answer.
prayin4rain
Sep 2015
#301
Statistics show most car accidents happen closed to home so you shouldn't drive closed to where you
uppityperson
Sep 2015
#302
pnwmom is repeating the false meme that giving the transgendered civil rights risks sexual predation
CreekDog
Sep 2015
#350
Again, you keep trying to get us to deny the civil rights of the transgendered
CreekDog
Sep 2015
#347
Can I honestly ask why you think your own hangups about the transgendered are so important?
CreekDog
Sep 2015
#346
So what would you like? A door guard, checking everyone's papers before they enter?
uppityperson
Sep 2015
#190
You do know, I hope that rapists have "access to women" all over, not just in unisex restrooms
uppityperson
Sep 2015
#234
I especially like requests for definitions and to clarify something that are ignored
uppityperson
Sep 2015
#251
Why do you think society decided to mandate sex segregated public lavatories in.the first place?
whathehell
Sep 2015
#398
By the legal definition, that is commonly accepted now to be nondiscriminatory.
Starry Messenger
Sep 2015
#88
I'm with you. But someday I'll die off and the rest can pee and poop in perfect harmony.
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#42
You seem to be arguing for men to be allowed to use whichever bathroom they choose.
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#12
Nope. I'm arguing that throwing transgender people into the opposite bathroom is bad.
jeff47
Sep 2015
#17
As a poll choice, after you've set up people to reject it by using "biological male" everywhere else
jeff47
Sep 2015
#129
you're the guy who sounded upset that he couldn't use the word "cripple" anymore
CreekDog
Sep 2015
#355
What do you mean by "biological men"? I do not understand the use of that term.
uppityperson
Sep 2015
#192
Why are the comfort and preferences ONLY of those who are transgender to be considered?
WillowTree
Sep 2015
#34
Are you proud of yourself for thinking that if the transgendered are allowed to use a restroom
CreekDog
Sep 2015
#361
If you don't approve of a condescending tone, why did you call using the bathroom a "convenience"
CreekDog
Sep 2015
#388
In posting this poll I'm thinking more about grandmothers at highway rest stops
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#14
As a man a few short months away from becoming a grandfather, I would welcome this option
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#44
As a middle aged female wearing levis and a flannel shirt, I need to use the gents room?
uppityperson
Sep 2015
#193
Obviously banning men from women's restrooms reduces the probability of rape happening.
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#32
Your poll is a shit poll. You made your beliefs quite clear. You are *very concerned*
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2015
#176
a poll about the transgendered use of restrooms only has one option with the word "transgendered"
CreekDog
Sep 2015
#362
It's a TERF/RW-bigot frame that insinuates that trans-women are trying to trick you.
backscatter712
Sep 2015
#143
Those in the process of transformation to their gender should be allowed to use the restroom of
Dont call me Shirley
Sep 2015
#22
For me the issue is more one of creepy (not transgender) men going into the women's restroom,
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#35
Creepy men are more likely to enter women's restrooms if they are legally allowed to do so,
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#43
Why do you think creepy men are more likely to assault women in restrooms if they are unisex?
uppityperson
Sep 2015
#195
The issue sounds quite a lot more like transphobia dressed up as "concern"
Spider Jerusalem
Sep 2015
#41
Did you know that how you dress is not an indication of your gender? I am middle aged female in levi
uppityperson
Sep 2015
#199
Ah, so "none of my business" does not necessarily mean "should be legal" (nt).
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#58
As you can see from the poll results, DU is divided almost exactly 50-50 on this issue.
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#64
That just means DU has a lot of, well, we aren't allowed to call them what they are, who don't understand that this is already the law.
Starry Messenger
Sep 2015
#74
You do realize that response distributions in DU polls suffer from self-selection bias, right? n/t
Gormy Cuss
Sep 2015
#341
No, it isn't. Your first option is "Biological men" which is far different and as of yet, undefined
uppityperson
Sep 2015
#201
I appreciate your contribution to the discussion. I certainly don't need an apology.
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#85
Hmmm. I didn't use the word "rape", the word "attack" or even the word "assault",
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#186
Calling transwomen "biological men," which your second question expressly does,
Ms. Toad
Sep 2015
#200
Ditto on the bullshit framing AND not one bit surprised either. Polls like this make DU suck.
bettyellen
Sep 2015
#242
Let's try this. Say a non-transgender man uses the lady's room at a highway rest stop every day,
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#76
Trans-women should not be subjected to a crotch-search to be allowed to go in a bathroom and pee.
backscatter712
Sep 2015
#67
For those who don't know, TERF = Trans-Exclusionary Reactionary Feminist.
backscatter712
Sep 2015
#98
There are plenty of TERFs here (not necessarily in this thread, perhaps)
Spider Jerusalem
Sep 2015
#97
the only transphobic stuff I've seen have been from those who are generally not aligned
geek tragedy
Sep 2015
#104
Then you haven't seen the same things I have, but I can assure you they're here.
Spider Jerusalem
Sep 2015
#108
The James Dobson wing of the party is sure getting an airing here today, ain't they?
Starry Messenger
Sep 2015
#107
Sex-Segregated Public Restrooms Are an Outdated Relic of Victorian Paternalism
davidn3600
Sep 2015
#100
A rapist is more likely to walk into a woman's restroom if he knows he cannot be arrested
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#128
I thought perhaps an armband so that the gender police could clearly identify them.
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2015
#181
Yeah, a piece of flair that they'd be required to wear on their clothing...
backscatter712
Sep 2015
#184
If you don't think that any creeps would be emboldened by being legally allowed in the ladys room,
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#172
Well, I have a wife and daughters too, and soon will have a grand daughter.
PatrickforO
Sep 2015
#158
I have made it abundantly clear that I have no issue with genuine transgender people.
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#206
Who do you know that carries "medical documentation of being transgender" around with them?
uppityperson
Sep 2015
#236
Yes, we can make transsexuals wear something on their clothes to prove they are.
jeff47
Sep 2015
#331
the transphobic poster of this transphobic poll knows that and thinks he is being cute
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2015
#171
Do you consider all the DUers who chose option 3 in the poll to be transphobic? (nt)
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#177
I consider your position here on this issue to be one of overt transphobic bigotry.
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2015
#179
I would think that incidents of trans-women assaulting cis-women would be very rare.
Maedhros
Sep 2015
#174
I don't know how to break this to you, but there are no urinals in a women's restroom.
WillowTree
Sep 2015
#284
Conservatives Use "Bathroom Panic" To Defeat Transgender Non-Discrimination Laws
Starry Messenger
Sep 2015
#194
How about we relabel the bathrooms on the NJ Turnpike rest stops as "bathroom 1" and "bathroom 2",
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#210
Congratulations, exhaustive Googling has found you a single instance...
Spider Jerusalem
Sep 2015
#226
No there isn't. Its homophobic bullshit similar to "reverse racism". n/t
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2015
#297
Would DU be a better and more interesting place if nobody was ever offended?
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#256
What post of yours was hidden in the last 90 days? I am sincerely curious, if you'd link it.
uppityperson
Sep 2015
#276
(Trigger warning) it was a somewhat facetious remark about "microaggressions" and "trigger warnings".
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#279
A DUer upthread suggested that a psychiatrist's letter could serve as documentation.
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#262
No. But if a woman complains to a cop or security guard about a man in the women's restroom,
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#277
If a woman complains about a person behaving inappropriately in the women's restroom,
Ms. Toad
Sep 2015
#288
I'm going to be rude here. WARNING! Don't read the text Nye, you will likley be offended.
vkkv
Sep 2015
#369
If a transgender woman wants to use a restroom who cares what is between her legs?
dilby
Sep 2015
#306
Anyone who believes themself to be an asshole is welcome to post that in the thread (nt)
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#321
That would force them to either "break character" or show some self awareness. nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Sep 2015
#344
The option I was looking for was 'The author of this poll is a bigoted, shallow minded fool'.
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2015
#375
Yep. Even have a daughter. The poll is still a steaming pile of transphobia. (nt)
jeff47
Sep 2015
#332
When did you stop beating your spouse? That question is just as honest as your poll.
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2015
#336